Echography in extreme postoperativne ocular hypotony: case report.

A case is presented of excessive optic disk edema upon evacuation of the silicon oil instilled after vitrectomy. Retinal detachment in the right myopic eye of a 45-year-old female patient was the indication for vitrectomy with instillation of silicon oil. Consecutive cataract formation, shallow anterior chamber and corneal edema with slight ocular hypertonus lasting for two months were the reasons to perform phacoemulsification with posterior chamber lens implantation and silicon oil evacuation.

Echography in the diagnosis and follow-up of retinal astrocytoma: case report.

The purpose is to show echographic presentation of retinal astrocytoma in Bourneville's disease and the possibilities of clinical and echographic diagnosis and follow-up. In our patient, partial and generalized seizures were the first sign of the disease at the age of 3.5 years.

[Our approach in the treatment of exposed hydroxyapatite orbital implant].

Purpose: To present our approach in the treatment of exposed hydroxyapatite (HA) orbital implant.

Patients And Methods: Seven patients with HA orbital implant exposure presented for treatment, all primary implants, postevisceration. All patients were operated by the same surgeon.

Interleukin 6 and its soluble receptor are elevated in aqueous humor of patients with uveitis.

Purpose: To determine the levels of interleukin 6 (IL-6) and its soluble receptor (sIL-6R) in the aqueous humor (AH) of patients with different uveitis entities.

Patients And Methods: AH and serum samples were collected from 35 patients (39 eyes) who underwent surgery for uveitis complications and from 10 controls (senile cataract). In the studied group, seven patients had HLA-B27(+) anterior uveitis, two had Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis, 12 had chronic anterior uveitis of unknown etiology, and in the remaining 14 the causative agent was exogenous.

Complications following two methods of posterior chamber intraocular lens suturing.

The aim of this study is to compare complication rates in two different operative techniques applied for the secondary, posterior chamber intraocular lens (PCIOL) implantation with sulcus fixation. 179 eyes with partial or no posterior capsule support underwent surgery. Applied techniques were: transscleral fixation of the IOL by passing with the fixation needle through the sulcus from the inside (70 eyes) or from the outside (109 eyes) of the bulbus.