Primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: evaluation of a minimally restricted face-down positioning after pars plana vitrectomy and gas tamponade.

Aim: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of a minimally restricted face-down postoperative positioning following pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with gas tamponade for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD).

Methods: Patients with primary RRD treated with PPV and gas tamponade and followed up for at least 6mo were selected for the study. All phakic eyes underwent simultaneous cataract surgery.

Trabeculotomy in a Behçet's Disease Patient One Week after Infliximab Administration.

Purpose: To describe a patient with Behçet's disease and anterior uveitis, which was not cured by local and systemic corticosteroid treatments, who underwent trabeculotomy one week after infliximab administration.

Methods: The patient received preoperative antibiotic therapy followed by trabeculotomy one week after infliximab administration. We observed ocular findings before and after surgery.

Long-term remission of ocular and extraocular manifestations in Behçet's disease using infliximab.

Objectives: To investigate the long-term effect of infliximab on ocular and extraocular manifestations in patients with Behçet's disease.

Methods: Seven patients with active Behçet's disease and treated with infliximab at Aichi Medical University Hospital for more than 18 months were included in the study. We evaluated visual acuity, the average number of uveitis attacks involving the posterior segment, and general disease activity every 2 months.

Cataract Surgery in Behçet's Disease Patients One Week after Infliximab Administration.

Purpose: To describe two patients with Behçet's disease who underwent cataract surgery one week after infliximab administration.

Methods: Patients received preoperative antibiotic therapy with 0.5% levofloxacin eye drops and 500 mg levofloxacin oral tablets, followed by cataract surgery one week after infliximab administration.