Angiographic features and disease outcomes of symptomatic retinal arterial macroaneurysms.

Purpose: Symptomatic retinal arterial macroaneurysms (RAM) are primarily investigated by fundus fluorescein angiography after presenting with visual disturbance. The natural history includes spontaneous regression and occasionally occlusion of the arteriole distal to the aneurysm. RAM may be managed conservatively.

Long-term heavy silicone oil intraocular tamponade.

Heavy silicone oil tamponade is intended to be temporary, but may occasionally be indefinite in patients who refuse, or are deemed unsuitable for, further surgery. The aim of this study is to compare the outcomes of patients with temporary versus indefinite heavy silicone oil intraocular tamponade. This retrospective, comparative case series identified 75 patients who underwent heavy silicone oil instillation (Oxane HD) over a 6 year period (2006-2012) in one institution.

Subjective difficulty of each stage of phacoemulsification cataract surgery performed by basic surgical trainees.

Purpose: To measure the relative difficulty of each stage of phacoemulsification surgery performed by basic surgical trainees.

Setting: Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

Methods: This prospective study comprised 100 consecutive cases of phacoemulsification performed by 8 trainee surgeons over an 11-month period.