Vitreoretinal complications of osteoodontokeratoprosthesis surgery.

Purpose: To describe the vitreoretinal complications in a cohort of patients with osteoodontokeratoprosthesis (OOKP) and discuss surgical management.

Methods: Review of notes of 35 OOKP cases performed at the Sussex Eye Hospital (Brighton, United Kingdom) between January 1999 and December 2005 was performed.

Results: The overall incidence of vitreoretinal complications was 22.

Autologous platelets for macular hole surgery: the Sussex Eye Hospital experience.

Purpose: To evaluate the anatomical and visual outcomes of patients managed by macular hole surgery with adjunctive use of autologous platelets at Sussex Eye Hospital, UK.

Methods: A retrospective non-comparative consecutive interventional case series was conducted. Standard macular hole vitrectomy surgery was combined with autologous platelets.

Screening for sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy: comparison of fundus photography with automated color contrast threshold test.

Purpose: To compare tritan contrast threshold (TCT) with fundus photography in screening for sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy (STDR), before significant visual loss.

Design: Prospective, comparative study.

Methods: A total of 510 consenting diabetic patients attending a hospital-based photographic screening clinic were recruited over a 2-year period.