We have read with interest the article by Dr. Filloy and Arias1 under the title “Response to ranibizumab in patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) with vitreomacular traction” in which they conclude that in these patients the tendency is to diminished visual acuity, requiring a higher number of intravitreal injections. Recently, Mayr-Sponer et al.2 published a paper under the...

PURPOSE To determine the long-term risk of retinal detachment following pediatric cataract surgery and to identify risk factors for retinal detachment. METHODS We included all children (aged 0 to 17 years) who during the time period of 1977 to 2005 underwent pediatric cataract surgery in Denmark, excluding cataract cases caused by trauma, or acquired systemic or acquired ocular pathology, and...

Aim: To determine the frequency of ciliary body or retinal breaks and retinal detachment in eyes with atopic cataract. Methods: The records of 106 eyes (74 patients) with atopic cataract that underwent cataract extraction were reviewed. The frequency of ciliary body or retinal breaks and retinal detachment was classified by their presence preoperatively and postoperatively, and by cataract type...

PURPOSE To determine factors predisposing to the development of choroidal detachment following conventional retinal detachment surgery, to evaluate its clinical course, and to identify possible measures to reduce its occurrence. METHODS Analysis of 25 consecutive cases of choroidal detachment following retinal detachment surgery out of a total of 510 cases undertaken at a tertiary care referr...

AIM To determine the frequency of ciliary body or retinal breaks and retinal detachment in eyes with atopic cataract. METHODS The records of 106 eyes (74 patients) with atopic cataract that underwent cataract extraction were reviewed. The frequency of ciliary body or retinal breaks and retinal detachment was classified by their presence preoperatively and postoperatively, and by cataract type...

To determine the risk of retinal detachment in patients with lattice degeneration of the retina, we statistically analyzed the incidence of retinal detachment in these patients. The data of hospital patients with retinal detachment associated with lattice degeneration in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, in 1990 were collected. The prevalence of lattice degeneration in Kumamoto was reported to be 9.5...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of pneumatic retinopexy as an initial management of retinal detachment associated with hypotony, severe choroidal detachment, and vitritis. METHODS Retrospective, interventional, noncomparative case series. We included nine eyes from nine patients (six women and three men) with retinal detachment associated with hypotony, severe choro...