Research Papers & Book Chapters

Dr. Angelo Tsirbas’ Research Papers & Book Chapters

Dr. Angelo Tsirbas has written and published an extensive list of medical literature including research papers and book chapters. Below you will find a selection of peer reviewed research papers and published book chapters.

Research Papers (Peer Reviewed)

1. Tsirbas A, Patterson R.“Anterior Knee Pain”, Australian Journal of Sports Medicine. January 1990 Jan; 1:10-15.

2. Tsirbas A, McNab AA. “Secondary haemorrhage after dacryocystorhinostomy.” Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. 2000  Feb; 28(1):22-5.

3. Tsirbas A, Wormald PJ. “Endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy with mucosal flaps.” Am J Ophthalmol. 2003 Jan; 135(1):76-83.

4. Tsirbas A, Wormald PJ. “Mechanical endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy with mucosal flaps.” Br J Ophthalmol. 2003 Jan; 87(1):43-7.

5. Tsirbas A, Davis G,Wormald PJ. “Mechanical Endonasal Dacryocystor hinostomyversus External Dacryocystorhinostomy”. Ophthal.Plast.Reconstr.Surg.2004 Jan; ( 1):50-56.

6. Tsirbas A, Wormald P. “Agger nasi cell mucosal autograft for lacrimal sac reconstruction during endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy.” Orbit. 2004 Jun; 23(2):105-10. Orbit. 2004 Jun; 23(2):105-10.

7. Wormald PJ, Tsirbas A. “Investigation and endoscopic treatment for functional and anatomical obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct system.”

8. Tsirbas A, Kazim M. “Endoscopic approach to orbital apex lesions” Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2005 Jul;21(4):271-5.

9. Kim BJ, Tsirbas A. “Advances in Upper lacrimal system Surgery”. Comprehensive Ophthalmology. October 2005.Vol 10.1-5.

10. Tsirbas A, Wormald P. “Revision dacryocystorhinostomy: a comparison of endoscopic and external techniques.” Am J Rhinol. 2005 May Jun;19(3):322-5.

11. Lee.S, Tsirbas A, McCann JD,Goldberg RG “Aesthetic Vocabulary for SNOWMED Oculoplastics (Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery, June 2006).

12. Lee.S, Tsirbas A, McCann JD, Goldberg RG.  Mikulicz’s disease: a new perspective and literature review. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2006 Mar-Apr;16(2):199-203. Review.

13. Tsirbas A, Mango C, Dutson E. “Robotic ocular surgery.” British Journal of Ophthalmology. 2007 Jan; 91 (1): 18-21.

14. Leibovitch I, Selva D, Tsirbas A, et al. “Paediatric endoscopic endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy in congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction.” Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2006 Mar 15

15. Kim B, Lee J, Tsirbas A, Kazim M. Thyroid associated orbitopathy following periocular surgery. Korean J Ophthalmol. 2006 Jun; 20(2):82-6.

16. Lee S, Tsirbas A, Goldberg R, McCann J. Standardized terminology for aesthetic ophthalmic plastic surgery. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006 Sep-Oct;22(5):371-4.

17. Tsirbas A & Wormald PJ. Mechanical endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy with mucosal flaps. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2006 Oct;39(5):1019-36, viii. Review.

18. Bhatnagar A,Tsirbas A,Douglas RS, et al. Graves Orbitopathy. Ophthalmology. 2007 Feb; 114(2):392.

19. Ahmad S, Tsirbas A, Kazim M. Inflammatory Myofibroblastic tumour of the orbit in a 7-yeasr old child. Clin. And Exp. Ophthalmol. 2007; 35(2), 160-162.

20. Goldberg RA, Lee S, Jayasundera T, Tsirbas A, Douglas RS, McCann JD. Treatment of Lower Eyelid Retraction by Expansion of the Lower Eyelid With Hyaluronic Acid Gel.Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007 September/October;23(5):343-348.

21. Lee S, Tsirbas A, Goldberg RA, McCann JD. Thiazolidinedione induced thyroid associated orbitopathy. BMC Ophthalmol. 2007 Apr 26;7:8.

22. Tsirbas.A, Mango.C, Dutson. E. Three Dimensional robotic surgery Useful in Ocular Microsurgery. Ophthalmology Times;May;2007.

23. Vagefi MR,McMullan TF,Isaacs DK, Tsirbas A .et al. Autologous dermis graft at the time of evisceration or enucleation. Br. J. Ophthalmol.2007 Nov;91(11):1528-31.

24. Goldberg.RA, Samimi, Tsirbas A, Douglas RS.rience. The hydrogel lacrimal stent for  dacryocystorhinostomy: preliminary expe Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008 Mar-Apr;24(2):85-89.

25. Bourla DH,Hubschman JP Culjat M, Tsirbas A, et. Al. Feasibility study of intraocular robotic surgery with the da Vinci surgical system. Retina. 2008 Jan;28(1):154-8.

26. Hubschman JP, Bourges JL, Choi W, Mozayan A, Tsirbas A, Kim CJ, Schwartz SD. Eye. 2009 Mar 20. [Epub ahead of print].

27. Use of hyaluronic Acid gel in the management of paralytic lagophthalmos: the hyaluronic Acid gel “gold weight”. Mancini R, Taban M, Lowinger A, Nakra T, Tsirbas A, Douglas RS, Shorr N, Goldberg RA. Ophthalmic Plastic Reconstructive Surg. 2009 Jan-Feb; 25(1):23-6.

28. Reactivation of thyroid-associated orbitopathy after cataract surgery. Shadpour JM, Menghani RM, Douglas RS, Goldberg RA, Tsirbas A. Jpn J Ophthalmol. 2009 Jan; 53(1):44-6. Epub 2009 Jan 30.

29. Biologic therapeutics in thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy: translating disease mechanism into therapy. Naik V, Khadavi N, Naik MN, Hwang C, Goldberg RA, Tsirbas A, Smith TJ, Douglas RS. Thyroid. 2008 Sep;18(9):967-71. Review

30. Rare dural arteriovenous fistula of the lesser sphenoid wing sinus. Khadavi NM, Mancini R, Nakra T, Tsirbas A, Douglas RS, Goldberg RA, Duckwiler GR. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 Sep-Oct; 25(5):404-6.

31. Development of criteria for evaluating clinical response in thyroid eye disease using a modified Delphi technique. Douglas RS, Tsirbas A, Gordon M, Lee D, Khadavi N, Garneau HC, Goldberg RA, Cahill K, Dolman PJ, Elner V, Feldon S, Lucarelli M, Uddin J, Kazim M, Smith TJ, Khanna D; International Thyroid Eye Disease Society. Arch Ophthalmol. 2009 Sep;127(9):1155-60.

32. Canalicular intubation in routine dacryocystorhinostomy. Tsirbas A, Madge SN, Selva D; ANZSOPS DCR Intubation Study Group. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. 2009 Jul;37(5):533-4. No abstract available.

33. Nonsurgical management of congenital eyelid malpositions using hyaluronic Acid gel. Taban M, Mancini R, Nakra T, Velez FG, Ela-Dalman N, Tsirbas A, Douglas RS, Goldberg RA. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 Jul-Aug;25(4):259-63.

34. Retinal robotic surgery, 2009. Irena Tsui, Angelo Tsirbas, Charles W. Mango, Steven D. Schwartz and Jean-Pierre Hubschman (2010). Robotic Surgery in Ophthalmology, Robot Surgery, Seung Hyuk Baik (Ed.).

Book Chapters

1.  “Mechanical Endonasal Dacyrocystorhinostomy” Endoscopic Orbital and Lacrimal Sugery by JJ Woog, Published Nov. 2003

2.  “Powered Instrumentation dacryocystorhinostomy” Surgery of the Lacrimal System by B. Brazzo, A. Cohen, M. Mercandetti, Spring Publications (in press) 2005

3.  “Mechanical endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy with mucosal flap” Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2006 Oct;39(5):1019-36, viii.

4.  “Ocular Robotic Surgery” “Telesurgery”, edited by Marescaux and Kumar. Springer 2007.

5.  “Mechanical Endoscopic DCR with Mucosal Flaps” Operative Techniques of Otolaryngology issue 2008.

6.  “Endoscopic Approach to Orbital Apex Lesions” Operative Techniques of Otolaryngology issue 2008.