Outcome of macular hole surgery in diabetic patients with nonproliferative retinopathy.

Purpose: To determine the outcome of macular hole surgery in a diabetic population with no evidence of proliferative retinopathy.

Methods: This is a retrospective chart review of 183 patients (194 eyes) undergoing pars plana vitrectomy for an idiopathic macular hole.

Results: The anatomic closure rate for the diabetic patients without proliferative retinopathy was 93.

Case-control study of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery comparing scleral tunnel and clear corneal wounds.

Purpose: To study the possible association between clear corneal incision with or without placement of a suture during cataract extraction and postoperative endophthalmitis.

Design: Retrospective, comparative, case-controlled study.

Methods: Thirty-eight patients treated for culture-positive, acute post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis, and 371 randomly selected control patients who underwent uncomplicated cataract surgery in the referring community were studied.