[Contemporary refractive surgical procedures].

Ocular surgery has progressed a great deal these last decades thanks to technological progress. The aim of this article is to describe different contemporary endocular surgical procedures such as cataract surgery, vitreoretinal surgery and corneal grafts. The main indications of the surgeries will be discussed, as well as the type of anaesthesia, the practical issues of every surgical technique and the type and rates of the different complications.

[Intravitreal injections of corticoids].

Intravitreal injections of triamcinolone acetonide are today widely performed as a therapeutic tool for a large variety of ocular diseases. The risk of toxicity of the product and its vehicle is quite real and is still at the center of investigations. Complications related to the substance and the technique of injections are already well-known (intraocular pressure rise, cataract, endophthalmitis, pseudo-endophthalmitis, vitreous haemorrhage and retinal detachment).

Macular CMV retinitis: a case report.

Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis is the most common ocular opportunistic infection associated with AIDS. It usually affects the peripheral retina, sparing the macula. We describe an atypical CMV retinitis exclusively confined to the macula.

[Analysis of optical coherence tomography for macular hole closure after surgery].

Purpose: The study of early closure of macular hole after surgery is difficult with intraocular gas. Using silicone oil tamponade, which gives easy access to the fundus from the first postoperative day, the optical coherence tomography (OCT) has been used to make a fine analysis of the macula.

Methods: Our study included 13 eyes with macular hole which have undergone a vitrectomy with silicone oil tamponade.