Pneumatic retinopexy for the repair of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: a 10-year retrospective analysis.

Objective: To assess the outcome and risk factors for failure of pneumatic retinopexy (PR) in eyes with primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD).

Methods: Data of patients who underwent PR for the repair of primary RRD, from January 1, 2000, through June 30, 2011, were retrieved from medical records and retrospectively analyzed. Patients with a follow-up time of less than 4 months were contacted and invited for examination.

Increased electroretinogram a-wave amplitude after intravitreal bevacizumab injection for neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

Purpose: To assess the effect of bevacizumab (Avastin), a vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor, on retinal function by full-field electroretinography (ERG) in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Design: A prospective, nonrandomized, controlled interventional clinical trial.

Methods: Twelve patients (aged 50)85) with neovascular AMD each received one unilateral intravitreal injection of bevacizumab 1.