Segmentation and removal of fibrovascular membranes with high-speed 23 G transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy, in severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of high-speed (5,000 cuts per minute) 23 G transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy (TSV) in severe diabetic fibrovascular proliferation (DFVP).

Patients And Methods: In this retrospective consecutive case series, patients who underwent 23 G TSV for severe DFVP between October 2011 and March 2014 at our institution were evaluated. 23 G TSV was performed with a high-speed (5,000 cuts per minute) cutter without a chandelier light.

Primary 23-gauge vitreoretinal surgery for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.

Aim: To report the effectiveness and safety of primary 23-Gauge (G) vitreoretinal surgery for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD).

Methods: In this retrospective study, 49 eyes of 49 consecutive patients who underwent primary 23-G transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy (TSV) for RRD between January 2007 and July 2009 at our institution were evaluated.

Results: Mean follow-up time was 8.

Intravitreal tigecycline treatment in experimental Acinetobacter baumannii endophthalmitis.

Purpose: To investigate the clinical and microbiological effectivity of intravitreal tigecycline in an experimental rabbit endophthalmitis model caused by imipenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii.

Materials And Methods: Forty-eight eyes of 24 New Zealand white albino rabbits were divided into six groups (n=8 in each). The right eyes were divided into three groups and defined as infected group; left eyes were divided into three groups and defined as uninfected group.

23-Gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy for retained lens fragments after complicated cataract surgery.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of 23-gauge (23-G) transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy in patients with retained lens fragments after complicated cataract surgery.

Methods: In this retrospective consecutive case series, 17 eyes of 17 patients with retained lens fragments after complicated cataract surgery and managed by using 23-G transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy were evaluated between January 2007 and March 2009 at our institution.

Results: Mean follow-up time was 8.

Corneal topographic changes after transconjunctival 23-gauge sutureless vitrectomy.

To evaluate the topographic changes of cornea after pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with the 23-gauge- (23-G) transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy (TSV) system within the first postoperative month. In this prospective study, corneal topographic changes were evaluated in 24 eyes of 24 patients who underwent PPV with the 23-G TSV system. All eyes underwent computer-assisted videokeratography using NAVIS (Nidek Advanced Vision Information System) software preoperatively and at the first day, first week, and first month postoperatively.

Quantitative assessment of photoreceptor layer in eyes with resolved edema after pars plana vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane removal for diabetic macular edema.

Background/aims: To evaluate the correlation between visual acuity (VA) and photoreceptor integrity in eyes with resolved diabetic macular edema (DME) after pars plana vitrectomy (PPV).

Methods: Eleven eyes with resolved macular edema following PPV with internal limiting membrane removal for DME were included in this retrospective study. The integrity of the external limiting membrane (ELM) and inner and outer segments (IS/OS) of the photoreceptor junction was evaluated by spectral domain optical coherence tomography.

Macular thickness changes after phacoemulsification in previously vitrectomized eyes for diabetic macular edema.

Purpose: To report visual results and anatomical outcome after uncomplicated phacoemulsification in eyes that previously underwent pars plana vitrectomy for diabetic macular edema.

Methods: This retrospective noncomparative study included 22 eyes of 19 diabetic patients who underwent uncomplicated cataract surgery with phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation after pars plana vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane removal for diabetic macular edema. Main outcome measures included visual acuity and foveal thickness (FT) changes as assessed by optical coherence tomography.

Primary 25-gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy in pseudophakic retinal detachment.

Aims: There are few reports on 25-gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy (TSV) in cases of pseudophakic retinal detachment. We conducted this study to report the anatomic and functional outcomes of 25-gauge TSV in the treatment of primary pseudophakic retinal detachment (RD).

Design: Prospective, interventional case series.

Bevacizumab (Avastin) for diabetic macular edema in previously vitrectomized eyes.

Purpose: To report the visual acuity (VA) and foveal thickness (FT) changes after intravitreal bevacizumab for diabetic macular edema (DME) in previously vitrectomized eyes.

Design: Retrospective, noncomparative, interventional case series.

Methods: Medical records of 11 eyes of 10 patients who underwent intravitreal bevacizumab injection for persistent DME were reviewed.

Long-term outcomes of pars plana vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane removal in diabetic macular edema.

Purpose: To report the long-term visual results and anatomical outcome as assessed by optical coherence tomography (OCT) after pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with removal of the internal limiting membrane (ILM) in diabetic macular edema (DME).

Methods: Medical records of 27 eyes of 27 patients who underwent PPV with ILM removal for DME attributable to diffuse leakage were reviewed. This retrospective study included eyes that underwent PPV with ILM removal at our institution with preoperative and postoperative OCT assessment of DME.

Steamroller versus basic technique in pneumatic retinopexy for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.

Purpose: To compare the effectiveness and safety of the "basic" technique with those of the "steamroller" technique in pneumatic retinopexy (PR) for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.

Methods: In this prospective study, 40 eyes of 40 patients with primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment were treated with PR by argon laser photocoagulation. PR with the steamroller technique (steamroller group) was performed randomly on 21 eyes of 21 patients, and 19 eyes of 19 patients were treated with PR with the basic technique (basic group).

Corneal topographic changes after transconjunctival (25-gauge) sutureless vitrectomy.

Purpose: To evaluate the topographic changes in the cornea after pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with 25-gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy (TSV) system.

Design: Prospective, interventional case series.

Methods: In this prospective study, we evaluated the topographic changes of the cornea in 32 eyes of 32 patients who underwent PPV with the 25-gauge TSV system.

Modified grid laser photocoagulation versus pars plana vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane removal in diabetic macular edema.

Purpose: To compare the effectiveness of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and removal of the internal limiting membrane (ILM) with modified grid laser photocoagulation in diabetic macular edema.

Design: Randomized, comparative, interventional study.

Methods: In this prospective study, 24 eyes of 12 patients with bilateral diabetic macular edema were evaluated.

Conjunctival rotation autograft for primary pterygium.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of conjunctival rotation autograft technique in preventing the recurrence of primary pterygium.

Methods: In this prospective study, 24 eyes of 24 consecutive patients with primary pterygium were evaluated. Conjunctival rotation autograft technique, which involved the removal of the underlying fibrovascular pterygium tissue and replacement of the original epithelium over the bare sclera with a 180 degrees rotation was performed in all eyes.