Background: To report a novel surgical technique for recurrent pupillary optic capture after flanged intraocular lens (IOL) fixation.
Methods: In this retrospective case series, we detail our use of two parallel 7-0 polypropylene sutures passed between the iris plane and the optic of scleral-fixated IOL to address pupillary optic capture. Flanges were created using ophthalmic cautery to secure it to the sclera without suture.
This study aimed to analyze the duration and causes of persistent subretinal fluid (PSF) after scleral buckle (SB) surgery in patients with macula-involving rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). Sixty-one eyes of 61 patients with macula-involving RRD who underwent SB surgery between 2016 and 2022 were reviewed retrospectively. PSF was confirmed on optical coherence tomography.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To evaluate plasma antiretinal autoantibody (ARA) profiling and diagnostic efficacy for autoimmune retinopathy (AIR).
Design: A multicenter, diagnostic evaluation study.
Methods: Forty-nine patients with a clinical diagnosis of AIR, disease controls including 20 patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), and 30 normal controls were included.
Background: We evaluated the long-term efficacy and surgical outcomes of Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implantation in patients with refractory glaucoma by glaucoma type.
Methods: In total, 135 eyes of 135 patients diagnosed with refractory glaucoma and underwent AGV implantation between 2002 and 2018 were reviewed retrospectively. The best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), intraocular pressure (IOP), and number of antiglaucoma medications were investigated at baseline and follow-up.
Purpose: To quantitatively analyze surgical ergonomics between standard operating microscope (SOM) and digitally assisted vitreoretinal surgery (DAVS) systems.
Methods: The surgeon conducted procedures on 110 patients; 52 patients underwent a combined phacoemulsification and pars plana vitrectomy (Phaco-PPV group, 24 using SOM and 28 using DAVS), and 58 patients underwent phacoemulsification (Phaco group, 30 using SOM and 28 using DAVS). The surgeon's muscle tone and stiffness in the sternocleidomastoid and the two positions of the upper trapezius (UT), which are 2-cm intervals along the UT muscle fibers, UT1 and UT2, were measured at preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative time points.
Purpose: This study evaluated the color contrast ratio (CCR) of the internal limiting membrane (ILM) using different color settings of digitally assisted vitreoretinal surgery (DAVS) with different indocyanine green (ICG) concentrations.s.
Methods: This is a prospective comparative observational study.
(1) Background: We analyzed the duration of persistent subretinal fluid (PSF) and the contributing factors of PSF after pars plana vitrectomy in patients who had a macula with diabetic tractional retinal detachment (TRD). (2) Methods: Forty eyes of 40 patients who had pars plana vitrectomy due to a macula with diabetic TRD, between 2014 and 2020, were retrospectively reviewed. The duration of PSF, as well as relevant ocular and systemic factors, was analyzed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis report provides a detailed description of the methodology for ophthalmic examinations according to the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) VII and VIII (from 2017 to 2021). The KNHANES is a nationwide survey which has been performed since 1998 in representatives of whole Korean population. During the KNHANES VII and VIII, in addition to the ophthalmic questionnaire, intraocular pressure measurement, visual field test, auto refractometry, axial length and optical coherence tomography measurements were included.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To compare clinical features and microbial profiles, treatment outcomes, and prognostic factors of the eyes between postoperative and posttraumatic bacterial endophthalmitis after pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with silicone oil (SO) tamponade.
Methods: Overall, 57 eyes of 57 patients who diagnosed exogenous bacterial endophthalmitis and underwent PPV with SO tamponade between 2000 and 2019 were reviewed. Causative microorganisms, culture positivity, change of mean best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), and course of treatment were investigated between postoperative and posttraumatic groups, and relevant factors were analyzed according to the final BCVA.
Background: To investigate the effect of intravitreal dexamethasone implant (DEX implant) on hard exudate (HE) accompanying diabetic macular edema (DME).
Methods: This study was a non-comparative non-randomized 1-year prospective interventional study. Patients with DME and HE were treated using DEX implant two or three times.
This study was performed to investigate the efficacy of the treat-and-extend regimen using aflibercept for treating diabetic macular oedema (DME). This prospective, multicentre, interventional, single-arm, 104-week clinical trial included 48 patients with DME visual impairment. The patients' eyes received five consecutive intravitreal injections (2 mg aflibercept) every four weeks with two-week adjustments based on central subfield macular thickness (CSMT) changes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has reportedly affected almost 23 million people, with more than 800 thousand deaths globally. There have been a few reports on the ocular manifestations of COVID-19 patients in China but no reports in Korea. The present study aimed to examine ocular manifestations of COVID-19 patients in Korea.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between changes in the macular capillary network and macular edema (ME) recurrence with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) using swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA).
Methods: We reviewed the data for 43 patients with treatment-naïve ME associated with BRVO. Patients who received intravitreal bevacizumab injection were divided into two groups based on ME recurrence at 6 months after edema resolution.
Purpose: To evaluate the association between hyperreflective foci (HRF) on spectral domain optical coherence tomography and therapeutic effect of intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) or intravitreal dexamethasone implants (IVD) according to macular edema (ME) duration in branch retinal vein occlusion.
Methods: Consecutive treatment-naive patients received IVB or IVD for at least 6 months. Each group was subdivided according to ME duration (<3 months vs.
Purpose: To compare surgical outcomes of sutureless flanged intraocular lens (IOL) fixation and conventional sutured scleral fixation (SF) for secondary IOL implantation in patients with IOL dislocation.
Methods: This is a prospective, comparative cohort study on 103 consecutive patients (103 eyes) with IOL dislocation who underwent vitrectomy with IOL removal and sutured SF (53 eyes) or flanged IOL fixation (50 eyes). Operating time, best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), refractive difference, IOL tilt and decentration using swept-source anterior segment OCT, and postoperative complications were measured for 12 months.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence of secondary epiretinal membrane (ERM) after intravitreal injection and the effect of ERM on visual acuity and central macular thickness (CMT) in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME). We included 147 eyes of 95 patients over 18 years old who were diagnosed with DME from 2012 to 2016, treated with intravitreal injection, and followed-up more than 24 months. Mean CMT in the ERM group was significantly thicker than in the non-ERM group after 9, 12, 18, and 24 months.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The purpose of this study was to report the one-year results of treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME) with aflibercept using a treat-and-extend regimen (TER).
Methods: This was a prospective, multicenter, single-arm study planned for 2 years. The eyes received 5 consecutive intravitreal injections of 2 mg of aflibercept every 4 weeks, and the interval between injections was then adjusted by 2 weeks based on changes in the central subfield macular thickness (CSMT).
Background: To report five cases of acute drug-induced angle closure and transient myopia with ciliochoroidal effusion and to analyze angiographic findings of these cases.
Methods: This study is an observational case series. Five patients with acute drug-induced angle closure and transient myopia with ciliochoroidal effusion were examined by fluorescein angiography, indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) and ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM).
Purpose: To investigate the prevalence and risk factors for an epiretinal membrane (ERM) in Korean population.
Methods: Using the database of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2008 through 2012, 14,772 participants 40 years of age or older with gradable fundus photographs were included. The presence of ERM was determined by using fundus photographs.
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between macular structural changes and visual prognosis after pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
Methods: The study included 60 eyes that had undergone PPV. Macular optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings were classified into 5 groups preoperatively and 10 groups postoperatively.
Purpose: To evaluate the change of residual volume of eye drop after instillation in patients with 23-gauge microincision vitrectomy surgery (MIVS).
Methods: Patient who were treated 23-gauge MIVS from November 2014 to July 2015 were included. The residual volume was defined as the amount of remnant eye drop in patient's eyes after instillation, calculated as the difference between instillation volume and spilled volume of eye drop.