Publications by authors named "Palacios-Pozo E"

Purpose: To study the incidence of macular edema (ME), ocular hypertension (OHT), emulsification and migration to the anterior chamber (AC) of silicone oil (SO) in patients after complex retina surgery, stratified by SO type.

Methods: Retrospective, cohort study. Patients who underwent retina surgery with SO injection and extraction in our center were included.

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Purpose: To describe the utility of high dynamic range optical coherence tomography imaging to study subretinal hyperreflective material (SHRM) in patients with age-related macular degeneration.

Methods: Clinical information including visual acuity and optical coherence tomography images (Heidelberg Engineering GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany) of patients undergoing antiangiogenic treatment for neovascular age-related macular degeneration and showing SHRM at baseline were retrospectively reviewed. Contrast between strong signal structures (high dynamic range image) reclassifying SHRM as hyperreflective (HyperR), isoreflective, and hyporeflective was increased.

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Background: Several studies have investigated and demonstrated the prophylactic effect of brimonidine drops in preventing subconjunctival hemorrhage in some microincisional ophthalmic surgeries, such as intravitreal injections or cataract surgery. However, there are no previous studies investigating this prophylactic effect after 23G microincisional vitreoretinal surgery.

Aim: The aim of the current study was to determine whether subconjunctival hemorrhage after 23G pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) could be prevented with the use of prophylactic topical brimonidine.

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Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery for chronic open-angle glaucoma treatment tries to reduce the amount of chronic topical drug treatment, delaying invasive glaucoma surgery and diminishing the number of surgical complications. XEN45 uses subconjunctival drainage in order to reduce intraocular pressure. The report is presented of a patient following phacoemulsification, intraocular lens implantation and XEN45 implant.

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Objective: To compare prospectively intraocular pressure (IOP) results after deep sclerectomy (DS) using a topical short-term corticosteroid treatment (STCT, 1  month) versus a topical long-term and intense corticosteroid treatment (LTCT, 6 months) in a two2  year-follow-up.

Methods: Patients with medically uncontrolled open angle glaucoma were prospectively recruited and underwent a DS.

Results: We operated 45 eyes of 45 patients, 22 in STCT group and 23 in LTCT group.

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Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between the displacement of the lamina cribrosa (LC) and prelaminar tissue with corneal hysteresis (CH) using spectral-domain coherence tomography (SD-OCT) after reducing intraocular pressure (IOP) with medical treatment.

Methods: Sixty-one eyes of 61 patients with ocular hypertension or primary open-angle glaucoma who were going to start with treatment were imaged by means of 12 cross-sectional scans of the optic nerve using enhanced depth imaging SD-OCT before and after 1 week of treatment. We used the 'follow-up' mode to make sure that all the measurements were performed in the same location.

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether combined customized photodynamic therapy (PDT) and bevacizumab in myopic choroidal neovascularization can improve vision and whether it is possible to decrease the frequency and number of intravitreal antiangiogenic injections.

Methods: A prospective, consecutive, noncomparative, interventional case series of 36 patients with myopic choroidal neovascularization, treated with an initial dose of PDT and intravitreal bevacizumab 48 hours to 60 hours afterward. Retreatments were carried out as required with monthly bevacizumab and PDT every 3 months if there were relapses.

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Purpose: To determine whether an intravitreal bevacizumab injection after phacoemulsification can improve cataract surgery visual outcomes in patients with diabetic macular edema by acting on the degree of edema.

Setting: Fundación Oftalmológica del Mediterráneo, Valencia, Spain.

Methods: We selected 26 consecutive diabetic patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy and macular edema who were to undergo cataract surgery, and we divided them into two randomized groups to be studied prospectively.

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Aims: To study the histopathological, biochemical and functional effects of intravitreal bevacizumab on the rat eye, with special emphasis on its immediate pro-inflammatory features eventually associated with cellular oxidative burden.

Methods: Histopathological evaluation was performed 24 h, 1 and 4 weeks after bevacizumab (75 microg/rat eye) or saline intravitreal injection, as well as biochemical analysis of oxidative stress-related markers and electroretinograms.

Results: Bevacizumab induces a transient inflammatory reaction together with a modification of the b-wave amplitude and latency of the electroretinogram.

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Purpose: To evaluate the increase in contrast sensitivity to intraocular lens TECNIS Z-9000 (Pfizer) compared with other intraocular lenses.

Method: We implanted a TECNIS Z-9000 lens in 18 patients who had another type of intraocular lens implanted in their other eye. We then tested contrast sensitivity under both mesopic and photopic conditions using the VCTS (Vision Contrast Test System) provided by Vistech Consultants Inc.

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