Fibrin glue versus N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate in corneal perforations.

Objective: To compare the efficacy of fibrin glue and N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate in corneal perforations.

Design: Randomized, controlled clinical trial.

Participants: Forty-one patients (41 eyes) with corneal perforations up to 3 mm in diameter with a positive Seidel's test were randomly assigned to two groups (1 and 2).

Anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy at high altitude.

High altitude retinopathy with various manifestations is common after exposure to high altitude. Inadequate autoregulatory response of the retinal vascular system is thought to be responsible for this. We report a case of anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy following exposure to high altitude.

Frosted branch angiitis associated with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis.

Simultaneous occurrence of frosted branch angiitis and immune-mediated rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis is reported. The two diseases possibly share a common immune mechanism. Patients of frosted branch angiitis should undergo complete systemic evaluation including renal function tests even if the patient is systemically asymptomatic.

Aspergillus niger endophthalmitis after cataract surgery.

We report a 65-year-old diabetic woman who developed Aspergillus niger endophthalmitis after cataract surgery. She presented 9 weeks after extracapsular cataract extraction with a black growth covering the cornea and moderate echoes in the vitreous on ultrasonography. After microbiological confirmation of fungal endophthalmitis, the patient received intravitreal amphoterecin B 5 micro g, topical natamycin 5% hourly, atropine 1% 3 times, and oral antifungal therapy.

Retinal microaneurysmal closure following focal laser photocoagulation in diabetic macular edema.

Objective: To determine the temporal relationship of microaneurysmal dosure following focal laser photocoagulation in diabetic macular edema.

Patients And Methods: This prospective study included 25 eyes of 23 diabetic patients with clinically significant macular edema. Ten to 20 well-defined microaneurysms were preselected and marked on an enlarged photograph of the prelaser fundus fluorescein angiogram.

Outcomes of phacoemulsification in patients with dry eye.

Purpose: To evaluate the outcomes of phacoemulsification in patients with dry eye.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

Methods: This study included 25 eyes of 23 patients with dry eye having phacoemulsification.

Phacoemulsification in patients with Fuchs' heterochromic uveitis.

Purpose: To evaluate the results of phacoemulsification with capsular bag fixation of a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), acrylic, or silicone intraocular lens (IOL) in patients with complicated cataract resulting from Fuchs' heterochromic uveitis (FHU).

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

Methods: This study evaluated 20 eyes of 19 patients with FHU and cataract who had uneventful phacoemulsification with endocapsular implantation of an IOL and completed a 1-year follow-up.

Clinical characteristics of serpiginous choroidopathy in North India.

Purpose: To describe clinical characteristics of serpiginous choroidopathy in the North Indian population.

Design: Retrospective cohort-based study.

Methods: Records of 86 patients who obtained a diagnosis of serpiginous choroidopathy at presentation or after a minimal follow-up of 2 years were retrieved.

Reliability of proton and goldmann applanation tonometers in normal and postkeratoplasty eyes.

Objective: To compare the reliability of intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements with the ProTon tonometer and the Goldmann applanation tonometer (GAT) in normal and post-penetrating keratoplasty (post-PK) eyes.

Design: Prospective, nonrandomized, comparative case series.

Participants: Twenty-four individuals (48 eyes) with no known ocular disorder and 59 patients (59 eyes) that had undergone penetrating keratoplasty (PK) were included in the normal and post-PK groups, respectively.

Ocular explosion after peribulbar anesthesia.

We report 3 cases of globe rupture after peribulbar anesthesia. We discuss the predisposing factors, presenting features, and visual outcome after this complication. Globe explosion is a severe complication of inadvertent intraocular injection during peribulbar anesthesia.