IMPORTANCE Patients and clinicians need to accurately assess the risks and benefits of pars plana vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy, but clinical trial data may not reflect real-world experience. OBJECTIVE To prospectively audit the complications of vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy and help establish benchmarks. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Royal Colleg...

Objective To assess pre-operative conditions that could influence primary anatomical success rate in a cohort of patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachments (RRD) treated vitrectomy and no scleral buckling. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed group underwent pars plana gas tamponade without buckling for RRD between 2014 2019, minimum follow-up 4 months. Results 305 eyes 301 were...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to compare anatomic and visual changes in patients with lamellar macular hole undergoing pars plana vitrectomy with those in patients undergoing follow-up only. METHODS In this retrospective consecutive case series study, we evaluated two groups of eyes, comprising 19 eyes from 19 patients with lamellar macular hole who underwent pars plana vitrectomy ...

PURPOSE To report the short-term efficacy and safety of the transfer of an Ahmed(™) glaucoma valve (AGV™) tube from the vitreous into the anterior chamber, in a patient with neovascular glaucoma who had undergone pars plana AGV(™) implantation and ultimately needed a silicone oil tamponade. CASE A 41-year-old male with proliferative diabetic retinopathy in both eyes was referred to us for tre...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate the visual and anatomic outcomes in patients with chronic macular edema who underwent 25-gauge pars plana vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peeling. METHODS This study was a retrospective chart review of 24 eyes from 21 patients who underwent 25-gauge pars plana vitrectomy and indocyanine green-assisted internal limiting membran...

Background To compare the primary anatomical outcome of pars plana vitrectomy, 360° peripheral endolaser, and 15% octafluoropropane C3F8 gas tamponade in patients with uncomplicated rhegmatogenous detachment and inferior retinal breaks, after 24-h postoperative prone positioning to similar patients with 1 week postoperative prone positioning. Methods Records of 5500 patients who underwent par...

Background Dropped lens fragments into the vitreous are uncommon, but potentially sight threatening complications of cataract surgery. The recommended approach for removal of dropped lens matter is pars plana vitrectomy with or without ultrasonic emulsification with the fragmatome. This study aimed to determine the visual outcome following pars plana vitrectomy for dropped lens fragments compli...

Purpose: To describe the reactive T-cell infiltrate in uveitis and intraocular lymphoma using flow cytometry of clinical intraocular specimens acquired during diagnostic pars plana vitrectomy. Methods: This was a retrospective review of diagnostic vitreous specimens (1992-2011) obtained at a university-based, tertiary care center. Seventy-eight patients with uveitis or lymphoma undergoing pars ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the pars plana clip (PPC) in the Ahmed valve tube inserted via the pars plana in patients with secondary refractory glaucomas. METHODS Prospective and interventional case series that included 10 patients with secondary refractory glaucoma. The pars plana vitrectomy and the implant of the modified tube were performed during the same surgery. Contr...

PURPOSE It is aimed to evaluate the technical feasibility, safety, outcome, and incidence of complications after clear corneal phacoemulsification with foldable intraocular lens implantation (IOL) and triamcinolone assisted pars plana vitrectomy in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy. METHODS The results of combined phacoemulsification, in the capsular bag foldable intraocular le...