Publications by authors named "Kaori Takaya"

Purpose: We report our results in four cases of hypotony maculopathy caused by traumatic cyclodialysis and treated by combined vitrectomy and cataract surgery.

Methods: The patients' visual acuities ranged from light perception to 0.2, and intraocular pressures ranged from 4.

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Background: We encountered obvious arterial bleeding from the incision site during radial optic neurotomy (RON) in a 55-year-old woman with central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) and report the findings herein.

Case Report: The patient initially demonstrated a retinal hemorrhage and macular edema due to a left CRVO. Her corrected visual acuity was 0.

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Purpose: To investigate long-term results of vitrectomy for the removal of submacular hard exudates in patients with diabetic maculopathy.

Methods: Thirteen eyes of 10 patients with diabetic maculopathy underwent vitrectomy to remove submacular hard exudates from December 1993 to March 1999. The mean preoperative logMAR visual acuity +/- SD was 1.

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