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Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate the standard versus simplified consent forms (CFs) for cataract surgery to see if there was a difference that influenced patients’ surgery decisions. Methods: Four hundred patients scheduled for elective cataract surgery at a tertiary hospital between March 1, 2022, and June 30, 2022, were investigated. Patients signed the CFs on the day of surgery, either independently or with the assistance of a companion. Demographic data were collected, including age, gender, educational level, prior surgery, and whether or not they were alone. Results: The simplified CFs were far more likely to be read than the standard CFs, and the reading rate increased significantly with educational level (P < 0.001). No significant influential difference existed in the CF reading between patients reading independently and those assisted by companions (P = 0.139). The simplified CFs influenced surgery-related patients’ decisions the most (P < 0.001). Conclusion: In the CFs, a relatively simple, easily readable, and comprehensible language appears to have a significant perceptible, or at least imperceptible, influence on patients’ surgery decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: The aim of this study was to histopathologically compare patients with and without diabetes mellitus who underwent pterygium excision. Methods: In this retrospective case-control study, 60 patients with a history of pterygium excision were divided into 2 groups: those with DM and those without DM. Histopathological findings (squamous metaplasia, dysplasia, inflammation, fibrinoid changes, and vascularization) were compared. Results: The mean age of the 60 patients (females, 54.5%) included in the study was 58.6±12.8 years. The mean age was 53.7±13.7 years in the patients with DM and 63.6±9.6 years in the patients without DM. There were no significant differences in the excised pterygium tissues in terms of squamous metaplasia, dysplasia, fibrinoid changes, inflammation, or vascularization. Conclusion: There was no histopathological difference in the pterygium tissue in patients with DM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the results of 4 different autorefractometer devices with the results of retinoscopy in children. Methods: A total of 120 eyes of 60 patients aged between 6 and 18, who applied to Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University unit of Pediatric Ophthalmology, were included in the study. Refraction with Plusoptix A09 (photoscreener) without cycloplegia was the first to be measured. Spherical and cylindrical values were recorded. Then, half an hour after the patients were instilled 2 drops of cyclopentolate with an interval of 5 minutes, dilated retinoscopy was performed, and spherical and cylindrical values were recorded. Autorefractometer measurements with cycloplegia were performed with Canon RK-F1 autorefractometer, Nidek Tonoref III and Retinomax K-Plus 3, and spherical and cylindrical values were recorded. Results: The mean age of the patients was 11.02 ± 2.1. The mean spherical equivalents were Canon RKF1 autorefractometer +0.045 ± 2.49, Nidek TonoRef III +0.023 ± 2.48, Retinomax K-Plus 3 +0.078 ± 1.42, Plusoptix A09 -0.119 ± 2.20, retinoscopy +0.124 ± 2.65. Moreover, the mean cylindrical values were Canon RK-F1 autorefractometer -0.893 ± 0.69, Nidek TonoRef III -0.927 ± 0.72, Retinomax K-Plus 3 -0.888 ± 0.73, Plusoptix A09 -0.883 ± 0.719, retinoscopy -0.923 ± 0.71. The statistical values compared with retinoscopy; Canon RKF1 spherical equivalent (p=0.376), cylindrical (p=0.515), Nidek TonoRef III spherical equivalent (p=0.485), cylindrical (p=0.198), Retinomax K-Plus 3 spherical equivalent (p=0.141), cylindrical (p=0.058), Plusoptix A09 spherical equivalent (p=0.085) and cylindrical (p=0.086) values were not different. Conclusions: In spherical and cylindrical refractive error detection, all 4 devices showed reasonable and consistent results compared to retinoscopy., (#x00A9; The Authors.Romanian Society of Ophthalmology.)