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  • Sandwich fibrin glue technique for attachment of conjunctival autograft during pterygium surgery 
    Fava M.A.; Choi C.J.; El Mollayess G.; Melki S.A. (Canadian Ophthalmological Society; OTTAWA1525 CARLING AVE SUITE 610, OTTAWA, ONTARIO K1Z 8R9, CANADA, 2013)
    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 study ...
  • Seasonal variation of retinal detachment in Lebanon 
    Mansour A.M.; Hamam R.N.; Sibai T.A.; Farah T.I.; Mehio-Sibai A.; Kanaan M. (BASELALLSCHWILERSTRASSE 10, CH-4009 BASEL, SWITZERLAND, 2009)
    Background: The literature remains controversial regarding seasonal variation of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). Methods: In this retrospective chart review, seasonal variation of RRD was examined based on the ...
  • Slipped, severed, torn and lost extraocular muscles 
    Cherfan C.G.; Traboulsi E.I. (OTTAWA1525 CARLING AVE SUITE 610, OTTAWA, ONTARIO K1Z 8R9, CANADA, 2011)
    Slipped, severed, torn and lost extraocular muscles (EOM) are infrequently encountered in clinical practice but constitute significant complications of strabismus and other eye surgery and of orbital injuries. Knowledge ...
  • Spectral domain optical coherence tomography in children: Normative data and biometric correlations 
    Al-Haddad C.; Barikian A.; Jaroudi M.; Massoud V.; Tamim H.; Noureddin B. (BioMed Central Ltd.; LONDON236 GRAYS INN RD, FLOOR 6, LONDON WC1X 8HL, ENGLAND, 2014)
    Background: The aim was to report normative values of retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and macular parameters in children using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) and to perform correlations with age, ...
  • Standing vitrectomy in morbid obesity 
    Mansour A.M. (PHILADELPHIA530 WALNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106-3621 USA, 2006)
    [No abstract available]
  • Surgical correction of synergistic divergence strabismus: A report of three cases 
    Khawam E.; Terro A.; Hamadeh I.; Hamam R. (, 2007)
    Background and purpose: To review and explain some of the characteristics of synergistic divergence and compare the surgical effects on each of those characteristics. Methods of study: Three patients demonstrating findings ...
  • Targeted next-generation sequencing identifies a homozygous nonsense mutation in ABHD12, the gene underlying PHARC, in a family clinically diagnosed with Usher syndrome type 3 
    Eisenberger T.; Slim R.; Mansour A.; Nauck M.; Nurnberg G.; Nurnberg P.; Decker C.; Dafinger C.; Ebermann I.; Bergmann C.; Bolz H.J. (LONDON236 GRAYS INN RD, FLOOR 6, LONDON WC1X 8HL, ENGLAND, 2012)
    Background: Usher syndrome (USH) is an autosomal recessive genetically heterogeneous disorder with congenital sensorineural hearing impairment and retinitis pigmentosa (RP). We have identified a consanguineous Lebanese ...
  • Tenon's capsule pseudo-tendon repair of a lost medial rectus muscle 
    Al-Haddad C.; Cherfan C.; Haddad S.; Khawam E. (, 2009)
    Background and Purpose: The loss of an extraocular muscle is anin frequent but serious complication of strabismus surgery. The purpose is to show that atailored tongue of Tenon's capsule, 7.0 mm to 9.0 mm wide and 12.0 mm ...
  • The accuracy of the double-K adjustment for third-generation intraocular lens calculation formulas in previous keratorefractive surgery eyes 
    Awwad S.T.; Kilby A.; Wayne Bowman R.; Verity S.M.; Dwight Cavanagh H.; Pessach Y.; McCulley J.P. (PHILADELPHIA530 WALNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106-3621 USA, 2013)
    Purpose: To evaluate the effect of the double-K (DK) modification on third-generation formulas. Methods: Thirty-eight previously myopic and 24 previously hyperopic eyes that underwent phacoemulsification with intraocular ...
  • The distribution of visual field defects per quadrant in standard automated perimetry as compared to frequency doubling technology perimetry 
    Zein W.M.; Bashshur Z.F.; Jaafar R.F.; Noureddin B.N. (, 2010)
    To test the ability of frequency doubling technology (FDT) perimetry to reveal defects in the same field quadrants as detected by standard automated perimetry (SAP). Ninety-two eyes with openangle glaucoma and documented ...
  • The eye in the Old Testament and Talmud 
    Mansour A.M.; Gold D.; Salti H.I.; Sbeity Z.M. (NEW YORK360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA, 2004)
    The Old Testament and Talmud contain references to the eye and its diseases. Ancient ophthalmology, emanating from Egyptian and Greek medicine, was confined to diseases of the external eye. Blindness was widespread in ...
  • Theoretical analyses of the refractive implications of transepithelial PRK ablations 
    Mosquera S.A.; Awwad S.T. (LONDONBRITISH MED ASSOC HOUSE, TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON WC1H 9JR, ENGLAND, 2013)
    Background-aims: To analyse the refractive implications of single-step, transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (TransPRK) ablations. Methods: A simulation for quantifying the refractive implications of TransPRK ablations ...
  • Three-year visual and anatomic results of administrating intravitreal bevacizumab in inflammatory ocular neovascularization 
    Mansour A.M.; Arevalo J.F.; Fardeau C.; Hrisomalos E.N.; Chan W.-M.; Lai T.Y.Y.; Ziemssen F.; Ness T.; Sibai A.M.; MacKensen F.; Wolf A.; Hrisomalos N.; Heiligenhaus A.; Spital G.; Jo Y.; Gomi F.; Ikuno Y.; Akesbi J.; LeHoang P.; Adan A.; Mahendradas P.; (OTTAWA1525 CARLING AVE SUITE 610, OTTAWA, ONTARIO K1Z 8R9, CANADA, 2012)
    Objective: To assess the 3-year visual outcome of intravitreal bevacizumab in inflammatory ocular neovascularization. Design: Experimental study. Methods: Retrospective multicenter consecutive case series in 81 patients ...
  • Treatment of inflamed pterygia or residual pterygial bed 
    Mansour A.M. (LONDONBRITISH MED ASSOC HOUSE, TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON WC1H 9JR, ENGLAND, 2009)
    Aims: To describe the use of subconjunctival bevacizumab or ranibizumab, an approved antivascular endothelial growth factor for wet macular degeneration, in halting the inflammation of a pterygium or a partially excised ...
  • Treatment of recurrent eyelid margin verruca vulgaris with mitomycin C 
    Ma'Luf R.N. (PHILADELPHIA530 WALNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106-3621 USA, 2010)
    A 62-year-old male presented with multiple bilateral eyelid margin verruca vulgaris. Treatment with surgical excision and cauterization of the bases was done twice, but the lesions recurred rapidly with more extensive ...
  • Unilateral Proptosis in a 60-year-old Man 
    Cherfan C.G.; Mansour A.M.; Younis M.H.; Korn B.S. (NEW YORK360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA, 2011)
    A 60-year-old immunocompromised patient developed rapidly progressive proptosis that was secondary to mucormycosis. This life-threatening fungal infection usually is associated with chemosis, proptosis, ophthalmoplegia, ...
  • Updates in Acanthamoeba keratitis 
    Awwad S.T.; Petroll W.M.; McCulley J.P.; Cavanagh H.D. (, 2007)
    PURPOSE. Acanthamoeba keratitis is a potentially blinding microbial disease that has been increasing in incidence during the past two decades. Prognosis of this serious disease had been dismal, but improvement in diagnosis, ...
  • Vascular complications of diabetes in Lebanon: Experience at the American University of Beirut 
    Taleb N.; Salti H.; Al-Mokaddam M.; Merheb M.; Salti I.; Nasrallah M. (, 2008)
    Aim: To examine the metabolic control and presence of complications, among a cohort of diabetic patients in Lebanon. Method: A total of 313 diabetic patients presenting for their usual care were screened in a cross-sectional ...
  • Vernal keratoconjunctivitis presenting unilaterally 
    Awwad S.T.; Najjar D.M.; Aouad A.; Haddad R.S. (, 2006)
    A 7-year-old boy had itching, foreign body sensation, and redness in his right eye. Unilateral cobblestone papillae and a shield ulcer were found. Topical antihistamines, mast cell stabilizers, and steroids led to marked ...
  • Virus-induced chalazion 
    Mansour A.M.; Chan C.-C.; Crawford M.A.; Tabbarah Z.A.; Shen D.; Haddad W.F.; Salti I.; Ghazi N.G. (LONDONMACMILLAN BUILDING, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON N1 9XW, ENGLAND, 2006)
    Purpose: To investigate a viral etiology in certain chalazia. Methods: A prospective study over 7.5 years of all newly presenting chalazia associated with diffuse follicular conjunctivitis but without any other aetiological ...

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