Choroidal thickness in patients with reticular pseudodrusen using 3D 1060-nm OCT maps.

Purpose: To map and analyze choroidal thickness (ChT) in AMD patients with reticular pseudodrusen (RPD) using three-dimensional (3D) 1060-nm optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Methods: Fifty eyes from 25 patients with RPD were grouped according to the severity of AMD and the presence of RPD. All patients were imaged by high-speed (60,000 A-scans/s) 3D 1060-nm OCT over a 36 × 36° field of view.

The International Vitreomacular Traction Study Group classification of vitreomacular adhesion, traction, and macular hole.

Objective: The International Vitreomacular Traction Study (IVTS) Group was convened to develop an optical coherence tomography (OCT)-based anatomic classification system for diseases of the vitreomacular interface (VMI).

Design: The IVTS applied their clinical experience, after reviewing the relevant literature, to support the development of a strictly anatomic OCT-based classification system.

Participants: A panel of vitreoretinal disease experts was the foundation of the International Classification System.

23-Gauge versus 20-gauge system for pars plana vitrectomy: a prospective randomised clinical trial.

Aim: To compare the sutureless 23-gauge system with a standard 20-gauge system in pars plana vitrectomy.

Methods: 60 patients in two randomised groups were included in this prospective clinical trial. Pars plana vitrectomy with either 23- or 20-gauge instruments was performed.

25-gauge vs 20-gauge system for pars plana vitrectomy: a prospective randomised clinical trial.

Aim: To compare 25-gauge vs 20-gauge system for pars plana vitrectomy in a prospective, randomised, controlled clinical trial.

Methods: Three-port pars plana vitrectomy was performed in 60 patients belonging to 2 groups. Evaluations were performed preoperatively, intraoperatively, during the first three postoperative days, at 1 week, and at 1 and 3 months.