MEDIUM-TERM PERFLUORO-N-OCTANE AS RESCUE POSTOPERATIVE TAMPONADE FOR VERY COMPLEX RETINAL DETACHMENTS: ANATOMICAL AND FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES.

Purpose: To report the anatomical and functional outcomes of medium-term perfluoro-n-octane (PFO) tamponade as a rescue procedure in very complex retinal detachments (RDs).

Methods: We reviewed the case records of 35 consecutive patients who underwent vitrectomy for very complex RDs due to diverse etiologies. The surgical complexity was so graded because of the intraoperative failure to ascertain complete retinal reattachment; perfluoro-n-octane was used as rescue tamponade for 2 to 4 weeks.

Evolution and successful management of a large postvitrectomy macular hole.

We report the successful closure of a large postvitrectomy macular hole by temporal extension of internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling. A 25-year-old man underwent pars plana vitrectomy, ILM peeling, and perfluoropropane gas tamponade for optic pit with chronic macular schisis and outer lamellar hole. The macular schisis deroofed into a large, full-thickness macular hole postoperatively.

Tubercular Retinal Vasculitis: Diagnostic Dilemma and Management Strategies.

Ocular tuberculosis (OTB) is a rare, extrapulmonary manifestation of systemic TB, which has been a global etiology of uveitis for centuries, though concentrated in the developing world. OTB remains difficult to diagnose clinically despite a plethora of conventional and modern investigations. Tubercular retinal vasculitis (TRV) is a common and specific presentation of OTB but is variably defined in the literature in terms of clinical profile and the investigations essential for diagnosis and treatment.

Internal limiting membrane peeling for large macular hole: Tailoring the rhexis to the shape of the hole.

Purpose: To report a simple modification of internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling tailored to the shape of the macular hole to improve the closure rates.

Methods: This is a single-center interventional case series. conducted between 2016 and 2020.

Featureless retina in diabetic retinopathy: Clinical and fluorescein angiographic profile.

Purpose: "Featureless retina" (FLR) has been only briefly mentioned in textbooks; this deceptively benign appearance of diabetic retinopathy (DR) merits a detailed description. Here we report the clinical profile, diagnosis, and management of FLR.

Methods: The case records of consecutive type 2 diabetic patients clinically diagnosed as FLR were reviewed.

An after after-cataract: A curious case of visual axis re-opacification.

Posterior capsular opacification (PCO) is common after cataract surgery. Recurrence is very rare after a successful Yttrium aluminium-garnet (YAG) capsulotomy in adults. We report a case of visual axis re-opacification after a successful YAG capsulotomy for PCO in an adult.

Implantable collamer lens in a case of corneal scar with anisometropic amblyopia in an adult: an expanded indication.

A 35-year-old man, a unilateral high myope with corneal scarring, presented for evaluation. He had a stromal scar that started temporally, traversed along the pupillary zone partially and extended across the horizontal diameter of the cornea. The Descemet's membrane appeared intact even though the scar was extending into deep stroma towards the nasal end, as seen in the optical coherence tomography image.

Foveal duplication artifact with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.

The authors describe a rare artifact on two different spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) systems and explain its origin in patient- rather than hardware-related errors. During evaluation on spectral-domain OCT, four patients registered twin foveal depressions on the retinal thickness map display and were initially unable to fixate on the given target. Repeat scans on the same OCT system without changing scan protocol demonstrated no artifact after the patients began to fixate well, except in one patient who had nystagmus.

Management of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with coexisting macular hole: a comparison of vitrectomy with and without internal limiting membrane peeling.

Purpose: To compare the outcomes of vitrectomy with or without internal limiting membrane peeling for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and coexisting macular hole.

Methods: Thirty-one consecutive patients (31 eyes) with macula-off retinal detachment, peripheral breaks and a coexisting macular hole were prospectively enrolled over a 3-year period. All patients underwent vitrectomy with encirclage and gas or silicone oil tamponade.

A preliminary study of Heavy Brilliant Blue G for internal limiting membrane staining in macular hole surgery.

Context: Surgical outcomes of vitrectomy for idiopathic macular hole using a "heavy" Brilliant Blue G (HBBG) solution for staining and removal of the internal limiting membrane (ILM).

Settings And Design: Prospective interventional case series conducted in a tertiary eye care hospital.

Materials And Methods: Nineteen patients (20 eyes) with idiopathic macular hole were enrolled to undergo vitrectomy with ILM peeling using HBBG.

Vitrectomy for optic disk pit with macular schisis and outer retinal dehiscence.

Purpose: To describe the outcomes of vitrectomy for optic disc pit-related maculopathy with central outer retinal dehiscence.

Methods: This prospective interventional case series included seven patients with optic disc pit with macular schisis and central outer retinal dehiscence who underwent vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peeling, barrage laser photocoagulation, and gas tamponade and were followed for at least 6 months. The surgical outcomes in terms of restoration of macular anatomy and visual improvement were recorded at each visit by fundus photography and optical coherence tomography.

A comparison of brilliant blue G, trypan blue, and indocyanine green dyes to assist internal limiting membrane peeling during macular hole surgery.

Purpose: To compare surgical outcomes with three dyes, brilliant blue G (BBG), trypan blue (TB) and indocyanine green (ICG), used to facilitate internal limiting membrane peeling during macular hole surgery.

Methods: This comparative, interventional cases series consisted of 50 eyes of 50 patients with senile idiopathic macular holes, who underwent vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peeling using BBG (n = 15), TB (n = 20), or ICG (n = 15). The cases involving use of BBG and TB were enrolled prospectively and concurrently, and the cases using ICG were selected through chart reviews.