Need of preventive photocoagulation for retinal arterial macroaneurysm with retinal hemorrhage.

Retinal arterial macroaneurysm shows rapid vision loss when rupture occurs; therefore, preventive photocoagulation should be considered, if necessary.

Quantitative evaluation of iris convexity in primary angle closure.

Purpose: In eyes with primary angle closure (PAC), we quantitatively evaluated anterior bowing of the iris by means of ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM).

Design: Retrospective, observational, and consecutive case series.

Methods: A total of 203 phakic eyes with PAC that had not undergone any surgical or laser treatment were included.

Angle widening and alteration of ciliary process configuration after cataract surgery for primary angle closure.

Purpose: To evaluate quantitatively, by means of ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM), changes in the anterior segment configuration, including the ciliary processes, induced by cataract surgery in eyes with primary angle closure.

Design: Retrospective interventional case series.

Participants: Thirty-one eyes of 31 patients with primary angle closure or primary angle-closure glaucoma were treated with cataract surgery.

Triamcinolone acetonide with vitrectomy for treatment of macular edema associated with branch retinal vein occlusion.

Purpose: To review the efficacy of a combination of triamcinolone acetonide (TA) injection and pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for the treatment of macular edema associated with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO).

Methods: Seventeen eyes with macular edema associated with BRVO underwent PPV with an intraoperative injection of TA (10 mg) into the vitreous cavity. Residual or recurrent macular edema was treated with postoperative sub-Tenon capsule injections of TA (20 mg).

Neovascular glaucoma after branch retinal artery occlusion.

Background: Neovascular glaucoma (NVG) occurring after branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO) might not be as rare as previously thought. We report a case of unilateral NVG after BRAO.

Case: A 72-year-old man with chronic heart failure suffered from BRAO in the left eye.

Cataract surgery for residual angle closure after peripheral laser iridotomy.

Purpose: To investigate the frequency of residual angle closure after resolution of pupillary blocking by laser peripheral iridotomy and the effects of subsequent cataract surgery to resolve angle closure completely.

Design: Retrospective, consecutive, interventional study.

Participants: Among 70 eyes treated with laser iridotomy, 13 with residual angle closure were treated with cataract surgery.