Incidence of endophthalmitis following intravitreal Bevacizumab injection at a tertiary care hospital in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

The aim of this communication is to report the incidence of endophthalmitis following the use of intravitreal Bevacizumab (IVB) at a tertiary care hospital in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia. A total of 2769 intravitreal Bevacizumab injections were carried out between January 2009 and April 2014. During this period, one case of endophthalmitis following IVB injection occurred.

Randomized controlled trial to evaluate intraocular pressure following sub-Tenon's local anesthesia for cataract surgery: With and without hyaluronidase added to anesthetic solution.

Aim: To evaluate effect on intraocular pressure (IOP) during sub-Tenon's local anesthesia (LA) during cataract surgery with 4 ml of anesthetic injected without and with addition of hyluronidase to anesthetic solution.

Materials And Methods: This randomized controlled study included 65 eyes of 65 patients undergoing phacoemulsification and lens implant for cataract. The patients were randomized to a standardized procedure of administration of 4 ml of sub-Tenon's LA without and with addition of 15 IU/ml hylaluronidase to 2% lidocaine (control group and intervention group respectively).

Intravitreal bevacizumab as a primary treatment for idiopathic choroidal neovascularization.

Purpose: To report long-term outcomes of the use of intravitreal bevacizumab in subjects with idiopathic choroidal neovascularization (ICNV).

Materials And Methods: Six consecutive subjects with ICNV were included in this prospective study. All subjects received 1.

Infliximab therapy for idiopathic retinal vasculitis, aneurysm, and neuroretinitis syndrome.

Purpose: We report our experience in treating 2 patients of idiopathic retinal vasculitis, aneurysm, and neuroretinitis (IRVAN) syndrome with antitumor necrosis factor agent, infliximab, who showed a very favorable response to treatment.

Methods: Two patients with clinical diagnosis of IRVAN syndrome were included in the study. The visual acuity was affected due to ocular inflammation and presence of macular edema due to exudation around the optic nerve.

Role of intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) injected at the end of diabetic vitrectomy in preventing postoperative recurrent vitreous hemorrhage.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of bevacizumab (Avastin), an antivascular endothelial growth factor agent, injected at the end of surgery for preventing postoperative recurrent vitreous hemorrhage in patients undergoing vitrectomy for diabetic eye disease.

Methods: This was a retrospective, comparative, and nonrandomized study on a consecutive series of patients who underwent vitrectomy for diabetic eye disease. Recurrence of postoperative vitreous hemorrhage was compared in patients with and without intravitreal 1.

Pediatric retinal detachment in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia: experience of a tertiary care hospital.

Background And Objectives: Because no previous studies have addressed the issue, we describe clinical characteristics and surgical outcome of patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) in a pediatric population of the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia.

Patients And Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of all consecutive cases of pediatric RRD (0-18 years) patients presenting at Dhahran Eye Specialist Hospital, a tertiary care hospital, in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia over a period of 3 years.

Results: Twenty patients were included in the study, accounting for 9.

Role of residual vitreous cortex removal in prevention of postoperative vitreous hemorrhage in diabetic vitrectomy.

Aim: To evaluate whether residual vitreous cortex removal has a role in the prevention of postoperative vitreous hemorrhage in diabetic vitrectomy.

Methods: Retrospective, comparative, nonrandomized study on a consecutive series of patients who underwent vitrectomy for diabetic eye disease. Recurrence of postoperative vitreous hemorrhage was compared in patients following surgery with and without residual vitreous cortex removal.

Role of combined cataract surgery and intravitreal bevacizumab injection in preventing progression of diabetic retinopathy: prospective randomized study.

Purpose: To evaluate the role of intravitreal bevacizumab, an anti-vascular endothelial growth factor agent, injected at the time of cataract surgery on the postoperative progression of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and diabetic maculopathy.

Setting: Tertiary-care eye specialty hospital, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Methods: Patients were randomized to a standardized procedure of phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation alone (control group) or to receive 1.

Triamcinolone acetonide as an adjuvant in the surgical treatment of retinal detachment with proliferative vitreoretinopathy.

Background And Objective: To report the efficacy of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide as an adjuvant in the surgical management of cases with advanced proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR).

Patients And Methods: Patients with complicated rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and PVR grade C2 or greater were recruited for this interventional, noncomparative, prospective study. All patients underwent three-port pars plana vitrectomy, membrane peeling, laser photocoagulation, and silicone oil injection to reattach the retina followed by 0.

Phacoemulsification using iris-hooks for capsular support in high myopic patient with subluxated lens and secondary angle closure glaucoma.

We report an unusual case of angle closure glaucoma in a 78-year-old highly myopic female patient. The patient did not show any preoperative signs of subluxation of lens. However, the capsular bag was noted to be unstable during surgery.

Delayed suprachoroidal hemorrhage following viscocanalostomy.

Delayed suprachoroidal hemorrhage is a rare complication of conventional glaucoma surgery. Viscocanalostomy is one of the new surgical techniques used in glaucoma surgery that may theoretically protect against suprachoroidal effusion and hemorrhage due to the nonpenetrating nature of the procedure. Delayed suprachoroidal hemorrhage developed in a 92-year-old white woman following viscocanalostomy.

Orbital cellulitis with gas.

Orbital cellulitis due to presumed gas-producing organisms has been associated with poor visual prognosis. We report successful visual recovery in a 14-year-old boy with orbital cellulitis and gas in the orbit on CT scan. The patient was treated with intravenous antibiotics and prompt orbital decompression.