BACKGROUND The presence of an intraocular cilium is very rare and the response of the eye to the cilium is variable. We present the case of a patient with a cilium found in the vitreous cavity during vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment 40 years following penetrating eye injury. To our knowledge, this is the longest reported presence of a cilium in the vitreous cavity. CASE PRESEN...

Silicone oil has been the only long-term vitreous substitute used in the treatment of retinal detachment since 1962 by Cibis. Nevertheless, its effects on retinal vascular morphology and oxygen supply to the retina are ambiguous in current research. We previously invented a foldable capsular vitreous body (FCVB) to use as a new vitreous substitute in the treatment of severe retinal detachment, ...

BACKGROUND Fuchs' uveitis (FU) is occasionarlly complicated with heavy vitreous opacity. We have performed vitrectomy procedures to remove vitreous opacity in affected patients as part of differential diagnosis for primary vitreoretinal lymphoma (PVRL). CASE PRESENTATION We retrospectively reviewed the clinical records of five patients who first visited the Uveitis Clinic of the University of...

interesting and agrees with the general concept developed earlier (Davson and Duke-Elder, 1948) that the barrier separating the blood from the vitreous body is more selective than that separating it from the aqueous humour. The fact that urea, on the other hand, penetrates so readily into the vitreous is interesting: it may be suggested (at this stage purely as a conjecture) that it may, like t...

Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) rats have hereditary retinal degeneration with associated posterior subcapsular opacities. A link between light, retinal degeneration, and cataracts may consist in peroxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids of rod outer segment lipids to yield water-soluble toxic aldehydes that can traverse the vitreous and react with bow cells and posterior lens fibers. In an i...

PURPOSE To explore immunological mechanisms in the pathogenesis of proliferative vitreoretinal diseases, we measured the concentration of interleukin-6 in the vitreous body and serum from patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), and premacular fibrosis. To evaluate immunological etiology, interleukin-6 levels in each disease were compared wi...

The vitreoretinal interface is involved in a wide range of vitreoretinal disorders and separation of the posterior vitreous face from the retinal surface is an essential part of vitrectomy surgeries. A diverse range of enzymatic and non-enzymatic agents are being studied as an adjunct before or during vitrectomy to facilitate the induction of posterior vitreous detachment. There is a significan...

Vitreous loss: with inadequate Vitrectomy and incarceration of vitreous in the wound. Wound leak: large tunnels, inadequately sutured tunnels or wounds made with blunt, repeatedly used knives and with faulty wound apposition. Prolonged time of surgery Repeated insertions and removal of instruments ? Prolene Haptics of I.O.L. Diabetes Infected instruments: especially canulated ones and improperl...