Bilaminar Graft of the Anterior Capsule and Internal Limiting Membrane: A Novel Surgical Technique for the Treatment of Macular Hole and Focal Macular Detachment Associated with High Myopia and Posterior Staphyloma.

This case report describes a novel surgical technique for the treatment of macular hole and focal macular detachment associated with high myopia and posterior staphyloma. A 65-year-old female presented with a stage 3C myopic traction maculopathy and VA of 20/600. OCT examination confirmed a macular hole of 958 μm diameter, posterior staphyloma, and macular detachment.

Bacillary Layer Detachment in an Atypical Case of Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Associated with High Hyperopia.

A 16-year-old boy with elevated hyperopia presented to the office with a 24-h history of bilateral blurred vision, mainly of the left eye, and bilateral central serous chorioretinopathy. He showed a clinically recognizable bacillary layer detachment in one eye and excellent multimodal diagnostic image correlation, with the best-corrected visual acuity as 20/400. He had bilateral serous retinal detachment, as confirmed by optical coherence tomography.

Genital reconstruction with Integra™ artificial dermis after radical resection in a boy with diffuse lymphangiomatosis.

Objective: Lymphangiomatosis is a rare disease affecting lymphatic vessels that causes a marked increase of them in the affected area. The final objective of treatment of the genital disease is to preserve sexual function and voiding with a satisfactory aesthetic result with the aim to minimize the emotional impact.

Methods: For the first time in children, we report a case of local reconstruction using artificial dermis after the excision of a genital lymphatic malformation in an eight year old patient.

Retrograde Endopyelotomy with Cutting Balloon™ for Treatment of Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction in Infants.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to analyze results of retrograde endopyelotomy with cutting balloon for treatment of ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) in infants.

Methods: We routinely treat patients with UPJO under 18 months of age with retrograde high-pressure balloon dilatation of the pelviureteric junction (PUJ). During the procedure, in these cases where narrowing at the PUJ persists, endopyelotomy with cutting balloon is performed.

Management of ureteropelvic junction obstruction with high-pressure balloon dilatation: long-term outcome in 50 children under 18 months of age.

Objective: To analyze the usefulness of dilatation in the treatment of ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJ) in children <18 months of age, including newborns and infants.

Methods: Patients (n = 50; <18 months of age) were diagnosed using abdominal ultrasound, cystogram, and diuretic renography. Treatment was with endourologic retrograde balloon dilatation under fluoroscopic guidance.

Percutaneous endopyelotomy with electrocautery: modified techniques in the treatment of ureteropelvic junction obstruction in a child under 2 years.

Objective: In recent years new techniques in minimally invasive treatment of congenital stenosis of ureteropelvic junction have been developed. We report the treatment of pyeloureteral stenosis in children by percutaneous endopyelotomy.

Methods: In the work up study of a child (18 months) with abdominal palpable mass, a severe left hydronephrosis with a renal pelvis diameter of 65 mm and severely thinned renal parenchyma was found.

Effect of oxcarbazepine pretreatment on convulsive activity and brain damage induced by kainic acid administration in rats.

Temporal lobe epilepsy is one of the most common types of epilepsy. Progress in the understanding and treatment of this type of epilepsy would be greatly facilitated by the availability of an animal model, which reproduced the behavioral and electrographic features of this condition. In this context, kainic acid (KA, 2-carboxy-3-carboxymethyl-4-isopropenylpyrrolidine) administration causes a syndrome characterized by an acute status epilepticus and subsequent brain damage similar to that in temporal lobe epilepsy of humans.