Bilateral necrotizing scleritis following strabismus surgery for thyroid ophthalmopathy.

A case of a bilateral necrotizing scleritis following strabismus surgery for thyroid ophthalmopathy is described. A 71-year-old man was operated on for esotropia due to prior and equilibrated Grave's disease. Two weeks after surgery, he had a scleral necrosis that was located on the surgery sites (insertion of the two medial rectus muscles).

[Transcanalicular endodacryocystorhinostomy using Neodymium:YAG laser].

Unlabelled: We describe a new technique of dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) and we present our first clinical cases. The principle of this technique is to create a fistula between the lacrimal sac and the nose with a quartz fibre advanced through a canaliculus and connected to a Neodymium:YAG.

Technique: An 800 microns outer diameter metallic pipe was inserted through a lacrimal canaliculus up to bone contact.

[Retinal detachment following posterior capsulotomy using a YAG laser].

This work analyzes 9 cases of retinal detachment occurred after posterior capsulotomy with Yag laser. No relationship has been found between the timing of the Yag capsulotomy after cataract extraction, and seriousness or precocity of the retinal detachment. The size of the capsulotomy does not seem to play a main part either.