Corneal ectasia is a rare complication involving the visual function. The disease starts sometimes insidiously with a long delay before clinical presentation; it is irreversible with pejorative prognosis (it may be an indication for a corneal graft). These characteristics make it a dreaded complication and give it an adverse and pernicious dimension. It can be caused by thermal burn. We report ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the spectrum and treatment of posterior segment complications in eyes that had undergone successful keratoprosthesis (KPro) placement and to determine whether transeyelid vitrectomy techniques could be effectively used in eyes otherwise vulnerable to surface exposure. DESIGN In the last 10 years, 110 patients received a Dohlman-Doane KPro at the Massachusetts Eye and Ea...

Traumatic injury to an adjacent segment of a previously fused spine is a rare complication of scoliosis surgery. The adjacent spinal segments may be more vulnerable to traumatic fracture or dislocation due to increased strain. We present a patient with prior C2 to sacrum fusion who suffered a C2 fracture/dislocation after falling. A 52-year-old female with a previous C2 to the sacrum fusion for...

Posterior dynamic stabilization (PDS) indicates motion preservation devices that are aimed for surgical treatment of activity related mechanical low back pain. A large number of such devices have been introduced during the last 2 decades, without biomechanical design rationale, or clinical evidence of efficacy to address back pain. Implant failure is the commonest complication, which has result...

There are quite a few controversies on surgical management of single-segment thoracic spinal tuberculosis (STB) with neurological deficits. The present study was to compare single-stage posterior-only transpedicular debridement, interbody fusion and posterior instrumentation (posterior-only surgery) with a combined posterior-anterior surgical approach for treatment of single-segment thoracic ST...

Injury of the left circumflex coronary artery is a potentially serious complication of mitral valve surgery due to the proximity of the vessel to the posterior segment of the mitral annulus. Suture-related distortion of the artery with partial or subtotal occlusion is the most commonly implicated mechanism. Herein, we present a case of symptomatic iatrogenic circumflex coronary artery stenosis ...

Tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TEF) is an uncommon and potentially life-threatening complication of blunt chest trauma. We describe our surgical experience in a patient with huge TEF (5.6 cm in diameter) and evaluate the short-term results of surgical management by oesophageal exclusion (cervical gastro-oesophagostomy) and show that the use of oesophagus segment in situ as replacement of the post...

PURPOSE To report the case of a patient who developed late capsular block syndrome and to review the current literature regarding this complication of phacoemulsification procedures. METHODS The literature was reviewed to summarize the diagnosis, classification, use of diagnostic aids, and the current treatments for this complication. RESULTS A 69-year-old patient complained of decreased vi...