the treatment of carbuncles is early administration of antibiotics and surgery. the commonest surgical approaches are saucerization, and incision and drainage (i&d;). although these two techniques are vastly different, there is a lack of evidence to determine which one produces a better outcome. three cases of carbuncles are presented to illustrate the contrasting surgical techniques and their ...

purpose: to evaluate the visual and refractive outcomes of automated lamellar therapeutic keratoplasty (altk) in patients with keratoconus. methods: in this prospective noncomparative clinical trial, altk was performed in 14 eyes of 14 patients with moderate to severe keratoconus. all patients were spectacle and contact lens intolerant.  uncorrected visual acuity (ucva), best corrected visual a...

now-a-days truncus arteriosus has been known as “common arterial trunk” (cat) and is an uncommon congenital cardiac defect presenting in about 1-3% congenital heart disease. environmental and genetic factors effects on incidence of cat and other conotruncal anomalies. the majority patients with cat and 22q11 deletion have other anomalies such as hypoplasia or aplasia of the thymus or parath...