POSTERIOR SCLERAL INDENTATION IN LONG AXIAL LENGTH EYES (AXIAL LENGTH MORE THAN 34 mm ) TO ASSIST IN PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY AND INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE PEELING IN FULL-THICKNESS MACULAR HOLES.

Purpose: To assess a novel surgical technique to perform macular surgery in high myopic eyes, with axial lengths >34 mm, where standard-size intravitreal surgical instruments cannot reach the retinal surface during pars plana vitrectomy for internal limiting membrane peeling in myopic macular holes.

Methods: Five eyes with axial length >34 mm were included in this study. A 7-mm Helvoston retractor was placed under Tenon capsule and guided along the eyeball until an elevation was noticed on the macular area.

Evaluation of lipid layer tear film changes after femtosecond small incision lenticule extraction.

Background: Dry eye disease is common after refractive procedures due to tear film instability. There are several causative factors for tear film instability, but the state of individual components of the tear film is not assessed much in published literature. This article quantifies the lipid layer thickness (LLT) of the tear film using surface interferometry before and after the small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) refractive procedure.

Novel Surgical Pathway for Controlled Access to the Subretinal Space: A Case Series.

Purpose: We report a case series demonstrating a novel technique to access the subretinal space through a trans-scleral approach.

Methods: This was a prospective, interventional case series. All 25 cases underwent three-port vitrectomy using CONSTELLATION Vision System (Alcon.

Incidence of Endophthalmitis after Intravitreal Bevacizumab using Aliquots Prepared On-site in 2 Operating Rooms in Kuwait.

Purpose: To report the incidence of endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection of bevacizumab and the outcomes of treatment of endophthalmitis at two centers in Kuwait.

Subjects And Methods: The aliquots of bevacizumab were prepared under aseptic precautions and administered in the operating theater on the same day at both centers. All patients received antibiotic drops after injection of bevacizumab.