Retained intraocular graphite foreign bodies are uncommon. Although they are generally inert, they have been reported to cause severe inflammatory reaction and progressive damage to intraocular structures. We report a case of a six-year-old girl with a retained intraocular graphite pencil lead foreign body in the anterior chamber of the eye and discuss the various considerations in the manageme...

The intraocular and systemic blood pressure, height, weight, and haemoglobin were measured in 573 subjects over 60 years old from a general practice population. Intraocular pressure was positively and independently related to systemic blood pressure (P less than 0.0001) and obesity (P less than 0.01) as assessed by the ponderal index. Systolic pressure rather than diastolic or mean pressure was...

Imidazole, given intraperitoneally to rabbits, inhibited the prostaglandin E1-induced (PGE1) elevation of intraocular pressure. The maximum imidaz-le effect occurred at three to six hours after intraperitoneal infection. The prostaglandin E1-induced aqueous humor protein elevation was reduced markedly in the imidazole-pretreated rabbits. Intravenous administration of imidazole also was effectiv...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of trabeculectomy using single sutures or releasable sutures. METHODS This retrospective study analyzed the medical records of 61 patients who had undergone trabeculectomy using single sutures (n = 33, 54.1%) or releasable sutures (n = 28, 45.9%). The scleral flap was secured with a mean 3.9 (range 3-5) single sutures in 33 pati...

PURPOSE To elucidate the Chinese practice of intraocular antibiotics administration for prophylaxis after open globe injury. METHODS A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was performed online by scanning a Quickmark (QR) code with smartphones at the 20th Chinese National Conference of Ocular Trauma in November 2014. RESULTS A total of 153 (30.6%) of all participators at the conference resp...

The present study was planned to observe the expression of heat shock protein 72 (HSP72) in retina of rats in a glaucoma model. A total of 50 Wistar rats were randomly divided into the high intraocular tension group (glaucoma model) and the sham control (sham operation) group. Glaucoma rat models were created by application of electrocoagulation on at least three groups of veins, reduction of v...

PURPOSE To introduce a new method for removal of a giant nonmagnetic intraocular foreign body using micro alligator forceps. PATIENTS AND METHODS Eleven patients underwent pars plana vitrectomy and lensectomy. The micro alligator forceps were used to grasp and extract the giant nonmagnetic intraocular foreign body through a sclerocorneal tunnel. RESULTS All patients underwent surgical remov...

We report a patient with clinical ocular siderosis at the time of presentation but undetectable intraocular foreign body on computed tomography (CT) and ultrasonography. A 24-year-old man suffered from right ocular injury when hammering metal on metal. Slit-lamp examination revealed a small corneal perforating wound and an iris hole, but no intraocular foreign body was found under fundus examin...

An 18-month-old Standardbred filly had a large intraocular tumor involving the optic nerve. The tumor was a malignant medulloepithelioma, a rare intraocular neoplasm derived from the primitive medullary epithelium. By light microscopy the tumor had cords and lobules of primitive neuroepithelial cells that formed clefts and true rosettes. Electron microscopy of the rosettes showed a girdle of zo...

The short-term effects on aqueous humor flow dynamics of single doses of acetazolamide and L-epinephrine, alone and combined, were studied in selected young, normal men. Analysis of aqueous flow before and after medication was facilitated, by graphic representation of flow versus intraocular pressure, the flow curve. Acetazolamide reduced intraocular pressure and Pk of Goldmann without affectin...