Evaluation of Anatomical and Functional Outcome of Epiretinal Membrane Surgery in Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane Patients.

Objective To evaluate the anatomical and functional outcomes of an idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ERM) between the observation group and intervention group at six months postoperative. Design Prospective cohort study. Participants Patients who met the clinical diagnosis of idiopathic ERM in the age frame of 18-80 years; patients with reduced visual acuity (VA), with best corrected VA of 0.

Survival Time of Visual Gains after Diabetic Vitrectomy and Its Relationship with Ischemic Heart Disease.

Vitrectomy surgery in proliferative diabetic retinopathy improves the vision-related quality of life. However, there is lack of data on the duration of maintenance of visual gains post vitrectomy. This study thus aimed to determine the survival time of visual gains and the prognostic factors of vision loss after vitrectomy surgery for complications of proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Endogenous Endophthalmitis: A Five-year Review of Cases at the Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital, Kelantan, Malaysia.

Background Endogenous endophthalmitis (EE) is a type of intraocular inflammation secondary to hematogenous spread from a distant infective source within the body and usually occurs in immunocompromised patients. Objectives The aim of this study was to profile the patient characteristics, sources of infection, microbial profiles, and visual outcomes of patients with EE in Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital in Kelantan, Malaysia. Materials and methods Data from 18 eyes of 17 patients diagnosed with EE and admitted to the eye ward of Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital from January 2012 to December 2016 were retrospectively reviewed.