A simple way to prevent indocyanine green from entering the subretinal space during vitrectomy for retinal detachment due to myopic macular hole.

Purpose: To present a safe and simple method of preventing indocyanine green (ICG) from entering the subretinal space in patients undergoing vitrectomy for retinal detachment caused by myopic macular hole.

Patients And Methods: Four consecutive highly myopic eyes (three phakic, one pseudophakic) with retinal detachment due to myopic macular hole were operated on by pars plana vitrectomy. The ICG-assisted peeling of the internal limiting membrane was performed after temporarily closing the macular hole by means of a small bubble of perfluorocarbon liquid (PFCL) in order to prevent ICG from entering the subretinal space.

Decreased corneal complications after no-reflux, low-dose 5 fluorouracil subconjunctival injection following trabeculectomy.

In order to reduce corneal complications in 27 glaucomatous eyes that underwent trabeculectomy and postoperative subconjunctival injection of 5-fluorouracil we tried 1) a low-dose administration of 5-fluorouracil and 2) a modified subconjunctival injection technique. The mean total 5-fluorouracil dose was 18.0 +/- 6 mg.

Treatment of uncomplicated cases of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with an expanding gas bubble.

We reviewed 55 consecutive cases of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment treated with pneumatic retinopexy as a primary procedure and followed up for a minimum of 1 year. 40 eyes were phakic, 11 aphakic and 4 pseudophakic. 0.

[Reversibility of visual field defects in primary open-angle glaucoma].

The course of the glaucomatous visual field seems to be best followed by computerized perimetry which allows threshold evaluation in a great number of locations and statistical analysis of the results. To determine the visual field defect reversibility, 16 patients (27 eyes) affected by uncontrolled open-angle glaucoma underwent visual field analysis before and after prescription of a new medical therapy. To avoid the "learning effect" and to decrease the influence of the heterogeneous component of long-term fluctuation, the visual field examination was repeated within 48 hours whenever a change in sensitivity was detected.