PURPOSE To compare the anatomic and visual outcomes achieved by scleral buckling and primary vitrectomy for the repair of macula-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. METHODS The records were reviewed for a consecutive series of 167 patients (167 eyes) who were initially treated with scleral buckling or pars plana vitrectomy for primary macula-off retinal detachment. Patients were treated be...

The article presents a literature review regarding the use of silicone oil tamponade (ST) in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) treatment. Vitrectomy, which produces stable anatomical result most patients, is currently recognized as one main methods treating RRD. In complicated detachments, vitrectomy followed by ST vitreous cavity (VC). Despite many benefits ST, it carries risk number com...

BACKGROUND Acute retinal necrosis (ARN) syndrome is an uncommon but severe ocular disease that typically affects otherwise healthy individuals. It is frequently complicated with retinal detachment and the visual prognosis in such patients is usually poor. METHODS We operated on four eyes in four patients from 1999 through 2001. Three ophthalmologists in our hospital did these operations, resp...

AIMS The vitreous levels of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (sICAM-1) were investigated in uveitic eyes undergoing vitrectomy for retinal detachment (RD) or other complications, and the presence of this molecule was related to disease activity and vitreous levels of the cytokine tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), known to upregulate ICAM-1 expression on various cells. METHODS...

AIM: To determine the incidence and predictive factors for epiretinal membrane (ERM) formation in eyes with complicated primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) tamponaded silicone oil (SO). METHODS: This retrospective case-control study included 141 consecutive patients (51 eyes) without (90 ERM after pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) SO tamponade RRD. The risk were assessed using logistic re...

propose: to evaluate the specifity and sensitivity of ocular sonography in the diagnosis of retinal detachment in the presence of vitreous hemorrhage. methods: this cross-sectional study included 47 (23 right eyes and 24 left eyes) eyes of 47 patients (18 male and 29 female subjects) with vitreous hemorrhage suspected of retinal detachment requiring surgery. preoperative ocular sonography was c...

PURPOSE To evaluate the impact of intravitreal bevacizumab combined with laser vascular ablation in the management of advanced Coats' disease presenting with exudative retinal detachment. METHODS This was a retrospective review of 24 children that presented with exudative retinal detachments associated with advanced Coats' disease. Mean patient age was 62 months (range 9-160 months). Presenti...

PURPOSE We report a case of unilateral exudative retinal detachment in a patient with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), without associated hypertension, successfully treated with plasmapheresis. CASE REPORT A 46-year-old woman with a medical history of TTP presented with unilateral exudative retinal detachment. Biological and radiological assessment eliminated other causes of exudati...

PURPOSE To describe the clinical course of a patient with a Boston Keratoprosthesis type I who developed a localized posterior pole retinal detachment secondary to a macular hole. OBSERVATIONS A 73-year-old patient with a Boston Keratoprosthesis developed a localized posterior pole retinal detachment secondary to a macular hole. The retinal detachment was repaired with a 23-gauge pars plana v...