Comparison of 2-year-results of mitomycin C-augmented trabeculectomy with or without cataract extraction in glaucoma patients.

Purpose: Comparison of the 2-year results of phacotrabeculectomy (CET) and trabeculectomy (TE), both augmented with mitomycin C.

Methods: This prospective study enclosed 246 eyes in 246 consecutive patients that had undergone trabeculectomy (n = 85) or phacotrabeculectomy (n = 161, hereof n = 10 phacoretrabeculectomy) augmented by mitomycin C. Endpoints were best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), intraocular pressure (IOP), and number of antiglaucomatous medications at baseline, 3 months, and 2 years postoperatively.

Incidence of cystoid macular edema following secondary posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation.

Purpose: To investigate the incidence and risk factors for the occurrence of cystoid macular edema (CME) after secondary posterior chamber intraocular lens (PC IOL) fixation.

Setting: Eye Clinic Herzog Carl Theodor, Munich, Germany.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Bilateral Simultaneous Retinal Detachment in Pseudophakia.

Cataract surgery is the most frequent surgical intervention, with approximately 700,000 operations per year in Germany alone. One of the most serious complications is retinal detachment, with a reported incidence rate of pseudophakic retinal detachment of 0.75-1.

Two-year outcome of repeat trabeculectomy with mitomycin C in primary open-angle and PEX glaucoma.

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of repeat trabeculectomy with risk factor-adjusted mitomycin C (MMC) application in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (PEXG) over 2 years.

Methods: A total of 58 patients (43 with POAG, 15 with PEXG) who had undergone repeat trabeculectomy with MMC were included in this retrospective study. Exposure time of MMC 0.

Recovery of visual function after administration of dabigatran etexilate.

A 46-year-old Caucasian female underwent pars plana vitrectomy (ppv) for retinal detachment. After the procedure, the patient could only distinguish hand movements; the condition was tentatively diagnosed as nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. Conventional treatment with systemic corticosteroids and acetylsalicylic acid was ineffective and yielded substantial steroid-related side effects.

Delayed macular hole closure.

Purpose: The presented case raises questions regarding the favorable scheduling of planned postoperative care and the ideal observation interval to decide for reoperations in macular hole surgery. Furthermore a discussion about the use of short- and long-acting gas tamponades in macular hole surgery is encouraged.

Methods: We present an interventional case report and a short review of the pertinent literature.