Vitrectomy for chronic macular holes.

Purpose: To address the efficacy of surgical intervention for chronic macular holes.

Methods: The cases of 22 patients (23 eyes) who underwent pars plana vitrectomy with or without internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling and use of 10% to 16% C3F8 gas for macular holes of duration of >1 year (mean, 4.2 years; range, 1.

Variability in fluorescein angiography interpretation for photodynamic therapy in age-related macular degeneration.

Objectives: To investigate the variability in fluorescein angiography interpretation for photodynamic therapy in age-related macular degeneration.

Methods: Eight graders, who included two TAP-certified ophthalmologists, three other retinal specialists, two fellows in vitreoretinal diseases, and a senior fundus photograph grader, evaluated fluorescein angiograms of six patients treated according to the Treatment for ARMD With Verteporfin (TAP) protocol at a single center. Each patient's baseline angiogram was evaluated to determine whether the CNV lesion was predominantly (> or =50%) classic.

Incidence of retinal detachment and visual outcome in eyes presenting with posterior vitreous separation and dense fundus-obscuring vitreous hemorrhage.

Purpose: To determine visual outcomes and the incidence of retinal detachment in eyes presenting with posterior vitreous separation and dense fundus-obscuring vitreous hemorrhage.

Design: Retrospective consecutive noncomparative interventional case series.

Participants: Thirty-six eyes (15 right eyes and 21 left eyes) of 34 patients (18 female and 16 male) ranging in age from 42 to 94 years.

A comparison of visual results and complications in eyes with posterior chamber intraocular lens dislocation treated with pars plana vitrectomy and lens repositioning or lens exchange.

Purpose: To compare the visual results and the postoperative complications in eyes with posterior chamber intraocular lens (PCIOL) dislocation that underwent pars plana vitrectomy with lens repositioning with eyes that underwent pars plana vitrectomy with lens exchange.

Design: Nonrandomized consecutive comparative case series.

Participants: Fifty-nine eyes (27 right eyes and 32 left eyes) of 56 subjects (28 women and 28 men) ranging in age from 59 to 90 years.

Clinical course and surgical treatment of macular epiretinal membranes in young subjects.

Objective: To examine the surgical and nonsurgical visual outcomes of young subjects with idiopathic macular epiretinal membranes (ERMs).

Design: Retrospective observational and noncomparative interventional case series.

Participants: Nineteen consecutive subjects (20 eyes) aged 40 years or less with an idiopathic macular ERM.