Pseudoexfoliation syndrome is an ocular condition characterized by a distinctive deposition of fibrillar material in the anterior segment of the eye. Pseudoexfoliation syndrome is frequently associated with glaucoma. Though it is seen in all the population, prevalence varies considerably in different races. A hospital based study done in Nepal by our group showed that Gurung population is frequ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the demographics, surgical indications and clinical results of patients with repositioned or explanted intraocular lens (IOL) in a tertiary referral eye hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-eight eyes of 48 patients that underwent surgery to exchange or reposition the IOL at Ulucanlar Eye Training and Research Hospital between 2009 and 2013 were included in the study. ...

The exact cause of PEX is not known, but the primary theory centers around unbalanced overgrowth in the costochondral regions. One study showed that asymmetric PEX patients had shorter ribs on the more severely depressed side of the deformity. Up to 43% of PEX patients have a family history of the disease. It is thought to be a disease of multifactorial inheritance, and the exact genes implicat...

purpose: to report and compare outcomes and intra- and postoperative complications of senile cataract surgery using phacoemulsification in patients with and without pseudoexfoliation syndrome. methods: consecutive patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome who underwent phacoemulsification in one or both eyes for senile cataracts between october 2009 and october 2010 were enrolled in the study. i...

introduction: pseudoexfoliation syndrome (pxs) occurs due to the deposition of extracellular fibrillar materials on the anterior chamber of the eye. this syndrome has been considered to be part of a systemic disease with the potential involvement of the inner ear called sensoroneural hearing loss (snhl).  in this study, we aimed on evaluating snhl within pxs patients in iran to compare them wit...

PURPOSE To present early-onset ocular manifestations of pseudoexfoliation syndrome in young patients who had undergone multiple intraocular procedures. METHODS This is an observational case series, introducing four cases with histories of multiple intraocular procedures for glaucoma. RESULTS All reported cases demonstrated typical manifestations of pseudoexfoliation unilaterally in the eye ...

BACKGROUND Plasma exchange (PEX) treatment for patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-hemolytic uremic syndrome (TTP-HUS) has risk for major complications. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Data for PEX-related complications have been prospectively collected on all patients enrolled in the Oklahoma TTP-HUS Registry, 1996 to 2011. PEX-related complications have been defined as major or minor...

PURPOSE To assess the association of LTBP2 mutations with primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG). METHODS We studied 54 unrelated patients with PACG and one individual with pseudoexfoliation accompanied with angle closure glaucoma; these consisted of 28 female and 27 male subjects aged 27 to 82 (mean, 63) years. The 36 exons and flanking intronic sequences of LTBP2 in all patients were amplifi...