This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of low-dose of oral acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) with focal argon laser for the treatment of acute central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR). In this prospective case-control study, 40 Patients with acute CSCR were classified randomly to two groups; group A with no treatment as the control group and group B with argon Laser in ... Read more

A 23-year-old female presented with acute onset left painless ptosis of 5 days duration. No other ocular or neurological symptoms were associated. Ophthalmological examination was free with noticed brisky pupil reaction. Both systemic and neurological examination were free. CT and MRI imaging were free with no swollen levator or any extra ocular muscles. After showing no improvement over 5 days ... Read more

_Aim_. To evaluate corneal tattooing with Rotring painting ink (Rotring Ink, Hamburg, Germany) as an available and affordable surgical technique to improve cosmetic appearance in the eyes with disfiguring corneal opacities. _Methods_. Fifty-three blind eyes with corneal disfiguring opacities underwent corneal tattooing using Rotring painting ink (Rotring Ink, Hamburg, Germany) by multiple transepithelial intrastromal injections under topical anesthesia. Complete ophthalmic ... Read more

To evaluate the efficacy of neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser for treatment of epithelial ingrowth after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Fifty-eight patients with epithelial ingrowth presented to Sohag refractive center, Sohag, Egypt, between January 2015 and March 2017. Only 41 patients (18 females and 23 males, mean age: 33.4 years) involving 41 eyes were indicated for treatment by ... Read more

Purpose: To compare the safety and efficacy of corneal tattoo by China painting ink and progress from animal search to human application. Material & Methods: Corneas of 10 rabbits and 50 human eyes were injected with Rotring China painting ink, the rabbit’s corneas were histologically examined and human eyes were clinically followed up. Results: In rabbit corneas the stain was ... Read more

AIM: To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of combined oral propranolol with intralesional injection of triamcinolone acetonide in the treatment of infantile periorbital capillary hemangioma. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This prospective interventional study included children diagnosed with periocular infantile hemangiomas in the proliferative phase with vision-threatening lesions. The children presented to the oculoplastic unit in Sohag University Hospital in the period between ... Read more

PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Alahmady ring implantation in the management of neovascular glaucoma. METHODS: A total of 15 eyes of 15 patients with intractable neovascular glaucoma with intraocular pressure (IOP) ≥28 mmHg not responding to medical treatment were retrospectively analyzed. All patients had poor visual acuity and underwent Alahmady ring implantation. The ring was designed from ... Read more

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to detect the clinical and histological effects of preoperative subconjunctival injection of both bevacizumab and mitomycin C (MMC) 1 month before the surgical excision of primary pterygium using a bare sclera technique. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 20 patients with primary pterygium underwent subconjunctival combined injection of 0.1 mL of MMC (0.1 ... Read more

_Purpose_. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of air bubble technique for vitrectomy in aphakia. _Study Design_. Prospective interventional uncontrolled case series. _Methods_. This study included 53 eyes of 53 patients who are phakic and indicated for phacovitrectomy (7 eyes, group 1), aphakic and indicated for vitrectomy (22 eyes, group 2), or underwent unplanned vitrectomy for immediate management of a ... Read more

_Aim_. To study the effect of reformation of the anterior chamber by air or by a balanced salt solution, after smooth phacoemulsification on the corneal endothelial count and morphology. _Methods_. A prospective interventional nonrandomized comparative study included 500 eyes of 500 patients with age range between 50 and 60 years, prepared for cataract surgery and presented to the Ophthalmology department ... Read more