Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina
March 2022
Background And Objective: To provide an overview of progressive retinoschisis-related retinal detachment (RSRD) management at a tertiary referral center.
Materials And Methods: Single-institution retrospective case series from January 1, 2003, to May 1, 2020.
Results: Progressive RSRD occurred in 0.
Purpose: Retinal detachment (RD) is associated with poor visual outcomes in patients with acute retinal necrosis (ARN). This research was undertaken to assess the risk factors for RD in ARN.
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Purpose: The mainstay empiric treatments of bacterial endophthalmitis are intravitreal vancomycin and ceftazidime. In the United States, up to 10% of the general population has a reported penicillin (PCN) allergy. Despite low cross-reactivity between PCN and later-generation cephalosporins, some providers alter the intravitreal antibiotic choice for endophthalmitis because of concern for allergic reactions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnimal studies suggest that the retinal dysfunction in diabetic subjects that precedes overt clinical vasculopathy may be due to a retinal dopamine deficit. We analyzed levels of dopamine (DA) and its primary metabolite, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), in the vitreous of diabetic and non-diabetic human subjects. Adult patients undergoing pars plana vitrectomy for non-hemorrhagic indications were prospectively recruited from the Emory Eye Center in Atlanta, GA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: This study examines the impact of corneal surface lubricants used during pars plana vitrectomy on corneal edema.
Methods: This prospective, observational, clinical study occurred at an academic institution. Participants were individuals aged 18 years and older who had already consented to undergo pars plana vitrectomy, without pre-existing corneal pathology.
Purpose: To describe presenting clinical features and surgical techniques that are associated with successful surgical repair of pediatric rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD).
Design: Retrospective interventional case series.
Participants: Two hundred twelve eyes of 191 patients 0 to 18 years of age undergoing surgical repair for RRD between 2001 and 2015 with a minimum follow-up of 3 months.
Purpose: To report results of aflibercept therapy in eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration previously treated with bevacizumab, ranibizumab, or both.
Design: Retrospective, interventional, noncomparative, consecutive case series.
Methods: Ninety-six eyes from 85 patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration who previously had received bevacizumab, ranibizumab, or both were treated with aflibercept monthly for 3 months followed by a fourth injection within 2 months.
Objective: To describe the clinical features and imaging characteristics in unilateral acute idiopathic maculopathy.
Methods: Retrospective review of 4 patients with a diagnosis of unilateral acute idiopathic maculopathy. Clinical characteristics (age, symptoms, Snellen visual acuity, and funduscopic features) and images from spectral-domain optical coherence tomography, fundus autofluorescence, fluorescein angiography, and indocyanine green angiography were analyzed.
Objective: To evaluate the use of microscope mounted spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) to detect changes in retinal anatomy during macular surgery.
Design: Retrospective, observational case series.
Participants: We included 25 eyes of 24 consecutive patients who underwent SD-OCT during macular surgery.
Objective: To evaluate the effects of topical ketorolac in patients undergoing vitreoretinal surgery.
Methods: One hundred nine patients undergoing vitrectomies were randomized to receive either topical ketorolac tromethamine, 0.4%, or placebo.