Purpose. To evaluate the corneal endothelial cell density and morphology in normal Egyptian eyes. Methods. In total, 568 healthy eyes of 568 Egyptian volunteers aged 20 to 85 years were examined using noncontact specular microscopy for the central corneal thickness (CCT), mean endothelial cell density (MCD), coefficient of variation (CV) in cell area, mean cell area (MCA), and hexagonal cell ... Read more

Purpose 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 ... Read more

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to monitor the effect of different anesthetic volumes and patients’ age on the efficacy of bulbar akinesia and analgesia induced by retrobulbar anesthesia (RBA). PATIENTS AND METHODS This was a prospective, comparative, and interventional study that enrolled 478 patients who had consecutive cataract surgery and received RBA. Patients were divided randomly into two ... 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

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

OBJECTIVES: To document the difference between complication rate in the early curve of practicing intracorneal stromal rings and after gaining experience. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospective study of 623 eyes of 417 patients with keratoconus who underwent Keraring implantation using femtosecond laser for channel creation. RESULTS: The main outcome measures were reported intraoperative and postoperative complications. The overall complication rate ... Read more

he purpose of this study was to compare the anterior and posterior elevation measurements using different reference surfaces (spheric, aspheric, and aspherotoric) with Scheimpflug-Placido topography in simple myopic and keratoconus patients. 600 eyes of 600 patients undergoing screening for keratorefractive surgery (500 simple myopic, 100 keratoconus stage 1 and 2) in Sohag refractive center, Egypt, were examined by Scheimpflug-Placido topography ... 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

Purpose: To assess anterior segment parameters of keratoconus (KC) eyes at different stages of the disease using Scheimpflug-placido topography (Sirius, CSO, Italy) in a sample of the southern Egyptian population. Methods : retrospective study of 400 eyes of different grades of keratoconus along with 50 normal eyes as a control group were assessed for the following parameters: corneal thickness at ... Read more

PURPOSE: To determine the prevalence of dry eye disease (DED) in a tertiary ophthalmic outpatient hospital based clinic in southern Egypt. METHODS: A cross-sectional observational hospital-based study of 3128 subjects was conducted at the Ophthalmology out-patient clinic of the Sohag University Hospital, Egypt, between January 2011 and August 2013. The participants comprised adult ophthalmic outpatients aged 18 years or older. ... Read more