Subthreshold micropulse laser treatment for autosomal recessive bestrophinopathy complicated by macular neovascularization.

Purpose: To present a case of autosomal recessive bestrophinopathy (ARB) complicated by intraretinal fluid and subretinal fluid, successfully managed with navigated subthreshold micropulse laser (SML) treatment.

Obervations: A 25-year-old female was referred to our clinic by her ophthalmologist due to a diagnosis of reduced vision in both eyes. The patient presented with a visual acuity of 0.

Short-Term Morpho-Functional Changes before and after Strabismus Surgery in Children Using Structural Optical Coherence Tomography: A Pilot Study.

Purpose: To evaluate the immediate alterations in the thickness of the macular ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (mGCIPL), peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), inner retinal layer (IRL), and outer retinal layer (ORL) using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) subsequent to strabismus surgery in pediatric patients diagnosed with horizontal esotropia.

Methods: Twenty-eight eyes from twenty-one child patients who had undergone uncomplicated horizontal rectus muscle surgery due to strabismus were included. Measurements of RNFL, mGCL-IPL, IRL, and ORL using structural OCT were conducted both before the surgery and one month after the surgical procedure.

Sympathetic Ophthalmia after Vitreoretinal Surgery without Antecedent History of Trauma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: To evaluate the morbidity frequency measures in terms of the cumulative incidence of sympathetic ophthalmia (SO) triggered by single or multiple vitreoretinal (VR) surgery procedures in eyes without an antecedent history of trauma and previous ocular surgery, except for previous or concomitant uneventful lens extraction, and to further investigate the relationship between VR surgery and SO.

Methods: A literature search was conducted using PubMed, Embase, and Scopus from inception until 11 November 2022. The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) critical appraisal checklist for the case series and the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale were used to assess the risk of bias.

Assessment of a circular powered stapler for creation of anastomosis in left-sided colorectal surgery: A prospective cohort study.

Background: Circular staplers perform a critical function for creation of anastomoses in colorectal surgeries. Powered stapling systems allow for reduced force required by surgeons to fire the device and may provide advantages for creating a secure anastomosis. The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical performance of a novel circular powered stapler in a post-market setting, during left-sided colectomy procedures.

Laparoscopic Colorectal Training Gap in Colorectal and Surgical Residents.

Background And Objectives: Laparoscopic colorectal surgery is an established safe procedure with demonstrated benefits. Proficiency in this specialty correlates with the volume of cases. We examined training in this surgical field for both general surgery and colon and rectal surgery residents to determine whether the number of cases needed for proficiency is being realized.

Acute stroke after intravitreal bevacizumab to treat choroidal neovascularization due to angioid streaks in pseudoxanthoma elasticum : a severe systemic adverse event after an off-label procedure.

To report the occurrence of acute stroke after intravitreal bevacizumab administration to treat choroidal neovascularization due to angioid streaks in a patient affected by pseudoxanthoma elasticum. A 54-year-old man with pseudoxanthoma elasticum had vision loss because of choroidal neovascularization due to angioid streaks. He underwent two intravitreal bevacizumab injections.

A metastatic colon cancer model using nonoperative transanal rectal injection.

Background: This study aimed to develop a noninvasive orthotopic model for metastasis of colon and rectal cancer using a transanal approach. Currently, the most accurate orthotopic representation of metastatic human colon cancer is via a cecal injection. The transanal model allows for further examination of systemic immune responses, tumor take, and onset of metastasis without prior surgical intervention.

Combined cataract extraction and intravitreal bevacizumab in eyes with choroidal neovascularization resulting from age-related macular degeneration.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of phacoemulsification, intraocular lens (IOL) implantation, and a single intravitreal injection of bevacizumab in patients with coexisting visually significant cataract and subfoveal neovascularization due to age-related macular degeneration.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.

Methods: Eyes with predominantly classic subfoveal neovascularization and cataract had phacoemulsification, IOL implantation, and a 1.

Treatment of recurrent retinal angiomatous proliferation with intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide followed by photodynamic therapy with verteporfin: A retrospective case series.

Objective: The aim of this study was to report the effect on tolerability of combined treatment with intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (IVT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT) with verteporfin in patients with stage II retinal angiomatous proliferation (RAP) who had been treated previously with PDT and presented with recurrent RAP (R-RAP).

Methods: This was a retrospective case series of patients with R-RAP after PDT (1-5 treatments) treated once with IVT followed 1 month later by PDT. A visual acuity test, fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography, and optical coherence tomography were performed at baseline and at 1, 3, and 6 months.

Stapled transanal rectal resection vs. transvaginal rectocele repair for treatment of obstructive defecation syndrome.

Purpose: Stapled transanal rectal resection has been introduced as a new technology for the management of obstructive defecation syndrome. In this study we observed the clinical outcomes for stapled transanal rectal resection as compared with transvaginal rectocele repair for obstructive defecation syndrome.

Methods: This study is a retrospective review of patients who received transvaginal rectocele repair for obstructive defecation syndrome from June 1997 to February 2002 as compared with patients who received stapled transanal rectal resection from June 2005 to August 2007.

Novel murine model for colon cancer: non-operative trans-anal rectal injection.

Background: This study was conducted to develop a modified murine model of colon cancer that is non-operative. Currently, the most accurate orthotopic murine model of colon cancer requires an invasive procedure involving cecal injection of colon cancer cells and therefore limits the ability to perform immunological studies subsequent to cecal resections.

Materials And Methods: Murine colon cancer (CT26) cells were injected submucosally into the distal, posterior rectum of BALB/c mice.

The gap in laparoscopic colorectal experience between colon and rectal and general surgery residency training programs.

Purpose: In this article, we review the laparoscopic experience of general surgery and colorectal residency training programs in the United States during the past 5 and 12 years, respectively. The purpose of this study was to determine whether an adequate experience was being provided, and at what level of training, to safely and effectively perform advanced laparoscopy.

Methods: General Surgery Operative Reports from the training years 2000 to 2004 were obtained from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

Prospective comparison of laparoscopic vs. open resections for colorectal adenocarcinoma over a ten-year period.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to define the long-term oncologic outcomes of laparoscopic resections for colorectal cancer.

Methods: We analyzed our experience via a prospective, nonrandomized, longitudinal cohort study. The period of study extended from April 1991 to May 2001.