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Gastroesophageal Cancer After Gastric Bypass Surgeries

Chemaly, Rodrigue; Diab, Samer; Khazen, Georges; Al-Hajj, Georges (2022-11-01)

Data comparing the occurrence of gastroesophageal cancer after gastric bypass procedures are lacking and are only available in the form of case reports. We perform in this study a systematic review and a meta-analysis of ...
Visual recovery after impalement injury of the orbit by reinforced steel bar

Mansour, Ahmad M.; Al-Salem, Khalil Mahmoud; Haddad, Sandra; Mollayess, Georges (2022-11-01)

Impalement injuries to the head and neck are quite rare, commonly lethal, and vision threatening when involving the orbit. Here, a case of impalement injury involving a steel bar to the neck and left orbit with full visual ...
Bevacizumab and neovascular age related macular degeneration

El Mollayess, Georges; Noureddine, Baha' N.; Bashshur, Ziad F. (2022-11-01)

The pathogenesis of neovascular age related macular degeneration (AMD) is multifactorial including inflammation and angiogenesis leading to choroidal neovascularization (CNV). Therapy against vascular endothelial growth ...
Ranibizumab monotherapy versus single-session verteporfin photodynamic therapy combined with as-needed ranibizumab treatment for the management of neovascular age-related macular degeneration

Bashshur, Ziad F.; Schakal, Alex R.; El-Mollayess, Georges M.; Arafat, Samer; Jaafar, Dalida; Salti, Haytham I. (2022-11-01)

Purpose: To compare verteporfin photodynamic therapy combined with intravitreal ranibizumab (combination therapy) versus ranibizumab monotherapy for management of neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Methods: ...
Retinal nerve fiber layer and macular thickness in amblyopia as measured by spectral domain optical coherence tomography

Al-Haddad, Christiane E.; El Mollayess, Georges; Cherfan, Carol; Jaafar, Dalida; Bashshur, Ziad (2022-11-01)

Background/aims To study peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) and macular thickness in amblyopia using high-definition spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and to compare the results with available ...
Positive Epstein-Barr virus polymerase chain reaction in a case of acute retinal necrosis

Hamam, Rola N.; Mansour, Ahmad; El Mollayess, Georges (2022-11-01)

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous DNA virus of the Herpesvirus genus. Its role in the pathogenesis of ocular disease is still controversial. We report a case of biopsy-proven EBV acute retinal necrosis (ARN) not ...
Exogenous Endophthalmitis in Diabetic Patients

El-Mollayess, Georges M.; Saadeh, Joanna S.; Salti, Haytham I. (2022-10-31)

Diabetes mellitus is a systemic disease that increases the risk of infections. Exogenous endophthalmitis is an inflammatory disease to which diabetic patients are more predisposed to than nondiabetic patients undergoing ...
Combination of intracameral and intrastromal voriconazole in the treatment of recalcitrant acremonium fungal keratitis

Haddad, Randa S.; El-Mollayess, Georges M. (2022-10-31)

We present a report of a 28-year-old female with fungal keratitis due to Acremonium that was unresponsive to full medical therapy over 3 weeks. The patient was treated with superficial keratectomy, intrastromal and ...
Fixed-interval versus OCT-guided variable dosing of intravitreal bevacizumab in the management of neovascular age-related macular degeneration

El-Mollayess, Georges M.; Mahfoud, Ziyad; Schakal, Alexandre R.; Salti, Haytham I.; Jaafar, Dalida; Bashshura, Ziad F. (2022-10-31)

Purpose To compare the efficacy of as-needed or variable dosing of intravitreal bevacizumab to continuous fixed-interval dosing in the management of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Design Prospective, ...
Impact of thiazolidinediones on macular thickness and volume in diabetic eyes

Azar, Sami; El-Mollayess, Georges M.; Al Shaar, Laila; Salti, Haytham I.; Bashshur, Ziad F. (2022-10-31)

Objective To assess the impact of thiazolidinedione (TZDs) use on macular thickness and volume in patients with diabetes with no macular edema and no diabetic retinopathy (DR) or mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy ...
Glycopyrrolate induced bilateral angle closure glaucoma after cervical spine surgery

Jaroudi, Mahmoud; Fadi, Maalouf; Farah, Fadi; El Mollayess, Georges M. (2022-10-21)

To report a case of bilateral acute angle closure glaucoma (AACG) that occurred after cervical spine surgery with the use of glycopyrolate. A 59-year-old male who presented with severe bilateral bifrontal headache and eye ...
Intravitreal bevacizumab in the management of neovascular age-related macular degeneration

El-Mollayess, Georges M.; Mahfoud, Ziyad; Schakal, Alexandre R.; Salti, Haytham I.; Jaafar, Dalida; Bashshur, Ziad F. (2022-10-21)

Purpose: To study prospectively the safety and efficacy of intravitreal bevacizumab for eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration with baseline visual acuity better than 70 letters (Snellen equivalent better ...
Sandwich fibrin glue technique for attachment of conjunctival autograft during pterygium surgery

Fava, Mark A.; Choi, Catherine J.; El Mollayess, George; Melki, Samir A. (2022-10-21)

Objective To report the results of a sandwich application of fibrin glue compared with the standard method of using fibrin glue for the attachment of the conjunctival autograft in pterygium surgery. Participants The ...
Bibliometric trends in ophthalmology 1997-2009

Mansour, Ahmad M.; El Mollayess, Georges; Habib, Robert; Arabi, Asma; Medawar, Walid A. (2022-10-17)

Aims: To track citation patterns in ophthalmic journals and contrast them with major medical and surgical journals from 1997 to 2009. In addition, we want to familiarize the ophthalmic community with bibliometrics ...
Morphological changes in amblyopic eyes in choriocapillaris and Sattler’s layer in comparison to healthy eyes, and in retinal nerve fiber layer in comparison to fellow eyes through quantification of mean reflectivity

Masri, Oussama Samer; Abiad, Bachir; Darwich, Mouhamad J.; Sarkis, Paulette Antonios; El Mollayess, Georges M.; Nasser, Zeina; Fares, Youssef; Al Ahmar, Elie; Estephan, Elias (2022-10-17)

Purpose Establishing the reliability of a new method to check the mean retinal and choroidal reflectivity and using it to find retinal and choroid changes in amblyopia. Methods Design: Retrospective case-control. ...
Intravitreal adalimumab in active noninfectious uveitis

Hamam, Rola N.; Barikian, Anita W.; Antonios, Rafic S.; Abdulaal, Marwan R.; Alameddine, Ramzi M.; El Mollayess, Georges; Mansour, Ahmad M. (2022-10-14)

Purpose: To evaluate the short-term efficacy of intravitreal adalimumab (IVA) for the treatment of eyes with active noninfectious uveitis. Methods: Consecutive eyes with active noninfectious uveitis were injected with ...
Macular ultrastructural features in amblyopia using high-definition optical coherence tomography

Al-Haddad, Christiane Elias; El Mollayess, Georges M.; Mahfoud, Ziyad R.; Jaafar, Dalida F.; Bashshur, Ziad F. (2022-10-14)

Purpose To study macular morphology in amblyopic eyes using high-definition spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and to compare the findings with fellow eyes. Methods This was a prospective institutional ...
Snakebite in Lebanon

Jabbour, Elsy (2022-10-14)

Unfortunately, snakes remain a nightmare for the villagers in Lebanon. Ninety percent of snakebites are non-venomous, and snakes are not aggressive and do not bite unless provoked. Among the 25 species that were observed ...
Discharge against medical advice from the emergency department

El Sayed, Mazen; Jabbour, Elsy; Maatouk, Ali; Bachir, Rana (2022-10-14)

Patients who leave the emergency department against medical advice are at high risk for complications. Against medical advice (AMA) discharges are also considered high-risk events potentially leading to malpractice ...
The effect of patient death on medical students in the emergency department

Batley, Nicholas J.; Bakhti, Rinad; Chami, Ali; Jabbour, Elsy; Bachir, Rana; El Khuri, Christopher; Mufarrij, Afif J. (2022-10-14)

Background The emotional consequences of patient deaths on physicians have been studied in a variety of medical settings. Reactions to patient death include distress, guilt, and grief. Comparatively, there are few studies ...

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