Combined Therapeutic Penetrating Keratoplasty and Pars Plana Vitrectomy for the Treatment of Infectious Keratitis Endophthalmitis: Mexican Endophthalmitis Study Group Protocol 4.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the role of combined surgical treatment of therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty and pars plana vitrectomy in the anatomical and functional outcome of infectious keratitis endophthalmitis.

Methods: This study reviewed the medical records of 4 participating centers in the United States and Mexico. This study included patients with a clinical diagnosis of infectious keratitis endophthalmitis who had been treated with an early therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty and pars plana vitrectomy as the main treatment for endophthalmitis.

Management of late traumatic LASIK flap dislocation related to dog scratch 16 Years postoperatively.

Purpose: This report details a case of an unusual late dislocation of a laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) flap due to animal-related trauma 16 years after the initial surgery.

Observations: A 59-year-old woman with history of LASIK surgery on both eyes 16 years prior, and uncomplicated cataract surgery on the left eye (oculus sinister; OS) 3 years prior, arrived at our institution with sudden painful visual loss 3 hours after receiving a scratch on OS from her dog. Corneal examination revealed a completely displaced nasally hinged LASIK flap folded irregularly over the hinge, with multiple creases over its entire thickness.

Pediatric rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: predictors of anatomic and functional success.

Purpose: This study describes presenting clinical features and surgical techniques associated with successful repair of pediatric rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD).

Methods: This is a retrospective case series which involved 242 cases younger than 18 years with new-onset RRD with descriptive statistics for the full group. Further exclusion established 168 cases that underwent surgery with minimum 3-month follow-up.

Partial Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: An Underrecognized Entity.

Background: The objective of this publication is to report a case of an atypical partial central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) with substantial visual recovery without treatment.

Case Presentation: An 83-year-old woman without significant medical history with sudden unilateral visual loss presented with no known significant ophthalmological or medical history besides systemic arterial hypertension. Examination showed multiple cotton-wool spots in a peripapillary distribution, as well as a heterogenous pattern of grey translucency in the macula resulting in an indistinct cherry-red spot.