Are post-operative oral antibiotics required after orbital floor fracture repair?Edward J Wladis
Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Lions Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Albany Medical College, Slingerlands, NY 12159, USA
Orbit 32:30-2. 2013
..To report the rate of post-operative infection in a cohort of 21 patients who underwent repair of orbital blowout fractures and did not receive post-operative oral antibiotics...
- Metastatic synovial sarcoma to the orbit
Edward J Wladis
Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Department of Ophthalmology, Lions Eye Institute, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York 12159, USA
Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 28:e131-2. 2012
..In this report, the second case of a metastatic synovial sarcoma to the orbit is described and the medical literature on this subject is reviewed...
- Intraductal meibomian gland probing in the management of ocular rosacea
Edward J Wladis
Department of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Lions Eye Institute, Albany Medical College, Slingerlands, New York 12159, USA
Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 28:416-8. 2012
..Intraductal meibomian gland probing is a novel technique to address dry eye syndrome, although its use has not been described in the management of ocular surface disease from rosacea...
- Molecular biologic assessment of cutaneous specimens of ocular rosacea
Edward J Wladis
Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Department of Ophthalmology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA
Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 28:246-50. 2012
..To characterize the molecular biologic environment of pathological skin in ocular rosacea and to differentiate the levels of inflammatory molecules in ocular rosacea from those of normal skin...
- Toll-like receptors in idiopathic orbital inflammation
Edward J Wladis
Department of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Lions Eye Institute, Albany Medical College, Slingerlands, New York 12159, USA
Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 28:273-6. 2012
..To further document the role of innate immunity in IOI, the authors sought to determine whether toll-like receptors (TLRs) are present in biopsy specimens of this disorder...
- Trichoblastic fibroma of the eyelid
Edward J Wladis
Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Albany Medical College, Slingerlands, New York 12159, USA
Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 28:e62-4. 2012
..In this report, we document the first case of TBF affecting the ocular adnexa and detail the histologic features that differentiate TBF from BCC...
- Periorbital trauma from pit bull terrier attacks
Edward J Wladis
Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Lions Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Albany Medical College, Slingerlands, NY 12159, USA
Orbit 31:200-2. 2012
..To report the nature of periorbital trauma after pit bull attacks. While these attacks have been well-characterized in the popular media, no case series has documented the ophthalmic manifestations of this trauma...
- Dacryocystitis secondary to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection
Edward J Wladis
Department of Ophthalmology, Albany Medical College, Slingerlands, New York, USA
Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 27:e116-7. 2011
..This uncommon bacterium is highly antibiotic resistant, and clinicians should consider it in atypical cases of infection and should guide antibiotic therapy appropriately...
- Histologic assessment of dermatochalasis: elastolysis and lymphostasis are fundamental and interrelated findings
Kundandeep S Nagi
Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Lions Eye Institute, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York 12159, USA
Ophthalmology 118:1205-10. 2011
..To determine the presence, degree, and extent of lymphatic, elastic, and collagen fiber alterations in dermatochalasis (DC) specimens...
- Eyelash resection procedure for severe, recurrent, or segmental cicatricial entropion
Albert Y Wu
University of Utah Moran Eye Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 26:112-6. 2010
..To study the safety, efficacy, and cosmetic outcome of the eyelash resection procedure for treatment of severe, recurrent, or segmental cicatricial entropion...
- Transient descent of the contralateral eyelid in unilateral ptosis surgery
Edward J Wladis
Scheie Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 24:348-51. 2008
..To report novel findings regarding contralateral eyelid height (i.e., intraoperative descent, followed by postoperative elevation) during unilateral ptosis surgery and to comment on their relevance in surgical planning...
- Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the orbit 10 years after involvement at other sites
Edward J Wladis
Scheie Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19101, USA
Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 24:142-3. 2008
..Clinicians should be aware that Langerhans cell histiocytosis may reappear at other sites, including the orbit, even after several years of quiescence...
- Characterization of the molecular biologic milieu of idiopathic orbital inflammation
Edward J Wladis
Department of Ophthalmology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA
Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 27:251-4. 2011
..To identify the cytokines that are expressed in elevated concentrations in idiopathic orbital inflammation (IOI)...
- Orbital cellulitis with subperiosteal abscess: demographics and management outcomes
Mohit A Dewan
Lions Eye Institute, Albany Medical College, Slingerlands, NY, USA
Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 27:330-2. 2011
..In this study, the authors attempt to further characterize the features of orbital cellulitis with subperiosteal abscess (SPA) and determine outcomes based on the type of surgical intervention employed...
- Periocular abscesses following brow epilation
Solly Elmann
Department of Ophthalmology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA
Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 28:434-7. 2012
..The aim of this article was to report the clinical presentation, radiography, culture results, treatment modalities, and outcomes of periocular abscesses associated with brow epilation...
Nasolacrimal metastasis from heptocellular carcinoma masquerading as dacryocystitisEdward J Wladis
Scheie Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, USA
Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 23:333-5. 2007
..Clinicians should be aware of this entity, and the presence of atypical features warrants careful evaluation with specific consideration of neoplastic disease...
- Anticyclic-citrullinated protein antibodies in the diagnosis of ophthalmic inflammatory disease
Edward J Wladis
Division of Oculofacial Plastic Surgery, Department of Ophthalmology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA
Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 27:e1-2. 2011
..In this report, we characterize the first use of anti-CCP in the diagnosis of orbital disease...
