OUTCOMES OF SURGERY IN PROLIFERATIVE VITREORETINOPATHY.

Aim: To present the anatomical and functional outcomes of surgery in cases of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment complicated (at presentation) by proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR).

Material And Methods: Retrospective study of the cases operated upon by a single surgeon between October 2012 and September 2014.

Results: A total of 49 eyes of 49 patients had PVR at presentation (12 cases with PVR stage B, 21 with stage C and 16 with stage D).

[Long-term course of visual acuity in patients with cataract surgery].

Purpose: To compare immediate and 5 years postoperatively visual acuity (VA), after uncomplicated cataract surgery and emphasizing the main causes of visual acuity loss.

Material And Methods: This is a retrospective study that included 475 eyes that underwent uncomplicated cataract surgery between 2003-2007 by the same surgeon. 51 patients (73 eyes) returned to the last followup visit, 5 years postoperatively.

[Long-term clinical course after cataract surgery in patients with diabetes mellitus].

Purpose: To determine the visual outcome at 5 years postoperatively in patients operated for cataract associated with diabetes mellitus.

Patients And Methods: Retrospective study on a group of 41 eyes in patients with diabetes, who were operated for cataract (the same surgeon) by facoemulsification and IOL implantation in the capsular bag, without intraoperative complications, for 60 months (during 2003-2007).

Results: 27 patients with diabetes were included in the study, the average duration of diabetes was 10, 3 years.