Pneumatic retinopexy for the repair of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: a 10-year retrospective analysis.

Objective: To assess the outcome and risk factors for failure of pneumatic retinopexy (PR) in eyes with primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD).

Methods: Data of patients who underwent PR for the repair of primary RRD, from January 1, 2000, through June 30, 2011, were retrieved from medical records and retrospectively analyzed. Patients with a follow-up time of less than 4 months were contacted and invited for examination.

Bilateral spontaneous dislocation of posterior chamber intraocular lens in a patient with gyrate atrophy.

We report a patient with gyrate atrophy, a rare metabolic disease, who had bilateral late spontaneous posterior dislocation of in-the-bag posterior chamber intraocular lens (PCIOL). He underwent pars plana vitrectomy, PCIOL retrieval and anterior chamber intraocular lens implantation in both eyes. This report may imply that patients with gyrate atrophy are at risk for spontaneous dislocation of intraocular lenses.

ICG angiography-guided photodynamic therapy for large pigment epithelial detachments in age-related macular degeneration.

Background And Objective: To evaluate the role of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in the management of vascularized pigment epithelial detachment in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) when the pigment epithelial detachment is the predominant component of the neovascular complex.

Patients And Methods: Seventeen eyes of 17 patients underwent indocyanine green angiography-guided PDT and had at least 6 months of follow-up. Data retrieved included visual acuity and angiographic features prior to the treatment, number of PDT sessions, visual acuity, angiographic outcomes at the end of the follow-up, length of follow-up, and status of the fellow eye.

The transient efficacy of a single intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection for diabetic macular edema.

Background: The major cause of visual impairment in diabetic patients is macular edema. The failure of laser photocoagulation in a large subgroup of patients with clinically significant diabetic macular edema has prompted interest in other treatment methods.

Objectives: To evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of an intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide for clinically significant diabetic macular edema.

Refractive results with secondary piggyback implantation to correct pseudophakic refractive errors.

Purpose: To assess the efficacy and safety of implanting a second intraocular lens (IOL) to correct pseudophakic refractive errors.

Setting: Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.

Methods: This prospective noncomparative case series included 10 pseudophakic eyes, 5 with a myopic residual refractive error and 5 with a hyperopic residual refractive error.

Correction of pre-existing astigmatism during cataract surgery: comparison between the effects of opposite clear corneal incisions and a single clear corneal incision.

Background: Opposite clear corneal incisions (OCCIs) have been reported to reduce pre-existing astigmatism (PEA) during cataract surgery. Our goal was to evaluate the effect of OCCIs on correcting PEA in cataract surgery.

Methods: Non-randomized prospective study.

Orbital cavernous hemangioma associated with juxtapapillary exophytic retinal capillary hemangioma.

A 32-year-old man presented with coexisting orbital hemangioma and juxtapapillary exophytic capillary hemangioma. Fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography revealed exophytic juxtapapillary retinal capillary hemangioma. The orbital cavernous hemangioma was surgically removed, and the retinal capillary hemangioma was observed without treatment.

Retrospective analysis of vitrectomy with and without internal limiting membrane peeling for stage 3 and 4 macular hole.

Background And Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of pars plana vitrectomy with indocyanine green (ICG)-assisted internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling versus pars plana vitrectomy without ILM peeling for stage 3 and 4 primary idiopathic macular hole.

Patients And Methods: Sixty-two eyes of 60 consecutive patients with idiopathic macular hole underwent vitrectomy with gas (C3F8) injection. The first 46 eyes underwent vitrectomy without ILM peeling; of these, 14 had epiretinal membrane peeling and were excluded, leaving 32 eyes (no ILM group).