Long-term surgical outcomes of the inverted internal limiting membrane flap technique in highly myopic macular hole retinal detachment.

Background: Pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) procedures are used for the surgical treatment of macular hole retinal detachment (MHRD) associated with high myopia. Re-detachment of the retina has been reported in MHRD associated with high myopia. Our aim was to evaluate the 1-year outcomes of vitrectomy, performed using an inverted internal limiting membrane (ILM) flap technique with gas tamponade, in five cases of MHRD associated with high myopia.

Two cases of acute abdomen after an intravitreal injection of bevacizumab.

We report on a patient with ischemic colitis and another with paralytic ileus, both of whom experienced an acute abdomen after intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (IVB). Case 1 was a 78-year-old woman. Her medical history included surgery for colon carcinoma 10 years earlier.

Changes in the blood flow of the optic nerve head induced by different concentrations of epinephrine in intravitreal infusion during vitreous surgery.

Purpose: We investigated whether intravitreal infusion solution containing epinephrine affects optic nerve head (ONH) blood flow during vitreous surgeries.

Methods: The subjects were 22 patients with epimacular membrane or idiopathic macular hole. During vitreous surgery, ONH blood flow was examined before and 10 minutes after intravitreal infusion of solution containing epinephrine, via a laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG) technique modified for acquiring measurements in a supine position.

Relationship between severity of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness.

Purpose: To determine whether there is a significant correlation among the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness, foveal thickness, total macular volume, and severity of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

Design: Prospective study.

Methods: We studied 124 consecutive subjects who underwent polysomnography.