Publications by authors named "Everett Ai"
Obliterative idiopathic juxtafoveolar telangiectasis: a 25-year follow-up.
Retin Cases Brief Rep
November 2014
Purpose: To report findings over 25 years of follow-up on a case of bilateral obliterative idiopathic juxtafoveolar retinal telangiectasis.
Method: Case report.
Results: A 25-year-old white man with obliterative idiopathic juxtafoveolar retinal telangiectasis presented with a visual acuity of 20/30 in the right eye and 20/40 in the left.
Purpose: To report a case of surgically induced necrotizing scleritis and optic neuropathy after pars plana vitrectomy as presenting signs of Churg-Strauss syndrome.
Method: Case report.
Results: A 59-year-old Asian man underwent a 20-gauge pars plana vitrectomy to remove a posteriorly dislocated intraocular lens.
Purpose: To describe a patient with angioid streaks and optic nerve head drusen associated with familial tumoral calcinosis (FTC).
Design: Retrospective, observational case report.
Methods: The patient's records were reviewed.
Purpose: To determine the visual outcome of retinal pigment epithelial detachment (PED) associated with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC), to further characterize the natural history of these lesions, and to provide a review of previous reports.
Participants: Data for 340 consecutive patients with a diagnosis of CSC from January 2001 through December 2004 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients with CSC combined with angiographic evidence of PED were included in the study.
Purpose: To describe the clinical course of patients undergoing vitreoretinal procedures while receiving systemic anticoagulation with warfarin.
Methods: We reviewed patient demographics, ocular findings, and clinical courses for 25 patients receiving systemic anticoagulation with warfarin who subsequently underwent vitreoretinal surgery.
Results: Patient ages ranged from 49 years to 81 years (median, 69 years).
Purpose: To report the optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings and visual results in a series of patients treated with intravitreal bevacizumab for choroidal neovascularization (CNV) associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and to determine if a difference in treatment effect exists between previously treated and treatment naïve patients.
Methods: A retrospective review of all patients treated with intravitreal bevacizumab for CNV from AMD with visual acuity greater than or equal to 20/320 between September 2005 and February 2006 was performed. OCT data recorded included central macular thickness and the presence or absence of cystic intraretinal fluid, subretinal fluid, or pigment epithelial detachment at the time of the initial injection, at 1-week, 1-month, and 3-month intervals, as well as at the end of follow-up.
Purpose: To evaluate treatment of macular edema associated with central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) using intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide.
Methods: Retrospective review of data for 29 eyes of 29 patients with CRVO and macular edema treated with intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide. Initial visual acuity, intraocular pressure, and history of glaucoma were recorded.
Vitreous hemorrhage is common, with varied clinical manifestations and causes. The most common causes include proliferative diabetic retinopathy, vitreous detachment with or without retinal breaks, and trauma. Less common causes include vascular occlusive disease, retinal arterial macroaneurysm, hemoglobinopathies, age-related macular degeneration, intraocular tumors, and others.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To report two cases of retinal damage associated with air infusion during pars plana vitrectomy.
Design: Observational case report.
Methods: The authors reviewed the course of two patients who had retinal damage during par plana vitrectomy and air-fluid exchange for the treatment of macular hole and optic pit-related macular detachment, respectively.
Purpose: To describe the clinical course and management of patients with late vitreous hemorrhage after scleral suturing of posterior chamber intraocular lenses (PCIOL).
Methods: The authors reviewed patient demographics, ocular findings, and clinical course of six patients with late (>3 weeks) vitreous hemorrhage after sclera-sutured PCIOL. Intraoperative endoscopy was performed on two patients to better assess the haptic sulcus interaction.
Purpose: To report a camera artifact that masks portions of pigmented lesions while preserving overlying retinal details.
Design: Case report.
Methods: Cases collected from the authors' clinical practice were identified during review of fundus photos.
Purpose: To describe the course, management, and prognosis of massive spontaneous choroidal hemorrhage.
Methods: The presenting visual acuity, ocular findings, duration to surgical intervention, and outcomes of five patients were retrospectively reviewed.
Results: Five eyes from four patients (median age, 80 years; range, 66-85 years) were studied.
Purpose: To review and describe bullous retinoschisis and exudative retinal detachment in patients with pars planitis.
Methods: Retrospective, multicenter study of patients with pars planitis who presented with retinoschisis and exudative retinal detachments.
Results: The authors describe 13 eyes of 9 patients with pars planitis who presented with inferior peripheral retinoschisis and/or exudative retinal detachment.
Purpose: To present the visual and anatomical outcomes for patients with intraocular gas placed during vitreoretinal surgery who subsequently underwent surgery wherein general anesthesia with nitrous oxide was used.
Methods: The authors reviewed the charts of patients who had undergone vitreoretinal surgery where a long-acting gas tamponade had been used. These patients underwent additional surgery for a variety of reasons at five different institutions and had nitrous oxide used during general anesthesia.