A delphi study to detect deficiencies and propose actions in real life treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

Purpose. Spanish retina specialists were surveyed in order to propose actions to decrease deficiencies in real-life neovascular age macular degeneration treatment (nv-AMD). Methods.

Amniotic membrane as single treatment in complication of exposed scleral buckle.

Purpose: To report a case of complicated exposed scleral buckle in which amniotic membrane was used to repair the extremely thin sclera that showed the underlying choroid.

Methods: Interventional case report. A 65-year-old man presented to our Department with severe eye pain after retinal detachment repair with scleral buckling technique 7 years ago.

Central retinal artery occlusion in Wegener's granulomatosis: a diagnostic dilemma.

Purpose: To report a case of central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) in a patient with biopsy-verified Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) with positive C-ANCA.

Methods: A 55-year-old woman presented with a 3-day history of acute painless bilateral loss of vision; she also complained of fever and weight loss. Examination showed a CRAO in the left eye and angiographically documented choroidal ischemia in both eyes.

[Vascular risk factors and retinal occlusive disease].

Background And Objective: The aim of the present study is to define the risk factors associated with different retinal occlusive diseases, such as retinal venous thrombosis, arterial emboli and ischaemic anterior optic neuritis. Patients with any of these entities entered the study.

Patients And Method: A cross-sectional study on 284 consecutive subjects, aged 25-93, who were initially attended at the ophthalmology unit and then sent to the internal medicine unit.