Posterior vitreous detachment and retinal detachment after implantation of the Visian phakic implantable collamer lens.

Introduction: To evaluate the vitreoretinal complications in myopes after Visian implantable collamer lenses (ICL) implantation.

Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective, observational, non-comparative clinical study that evaluated 617 consecutive myopes who underwent ICL implantation at the Department of Refractive Surgery, Yemen Magrabi Hospital, Sana'a, Yemen between July 2006 and May 2010. Follow up ranged from 6 months to 40 months.

Vitreoretinal complications in Yemeni patients with keratorefractive surgery.

Objective: To evaluate vitreoretinal complications in patients undergoing laser keratorefractive surgery.

Methods: This retrospective observational non-comparative clinical study was carried out between June 2005 and March 2008, and included 4691 consecutive laser keratorefractive surgery procedures for 2480 patients performed in the Department of Refractive Surgery, Yemen Magrabi Hospital, Sana'a, Yemen. Patients were followed up for 12-36 months.