PURPOSE This study aimed to evaluate the benefits of Nd:YAG laser posterior hyaloidotomy as a method allowing rapid drainage of subhyaloid hemorrhage into the vitreous gel. DESIGN Nonrandomized, prospective, interventional, controlled case series. METHODS Nd:YAG laser posterior hyaloidotomy was performed in four eyes of three patients with premacular subhyaloid hemorrhage. The etiologies we...

Manuscript received: 18.10.15; Revision accepted: 29.02.16 A 32‐year‐old male presented with 4 weeks history of sudden decrease of vision in his right eye following a bout of cough. The left eye was normal. The anterior segment in the right eye was normal. A dilated fundus of the right eye showed a 6 mm × 4 mm area of premacular hemorrhage [Fig. 1a]. Spectral domain optical coherence tomography...

A 55-year-old man presented with sudden deterioration of vision in the right eye. His visual acuity was reduced to hand motion because of a large multilevel premacular hemorrhage. Nd:YAG laser was performed to drain the entrapped hemorrhage under the internal limiting membrane (ILM) and posterior hyaloid face in the macula into the vitreous. Immediately after laser treatment, streaming of red b...

We report a case of complete surgical resolution of Valsalva retinopathy that manifested as a premacular hemorrhage involving a membrane followed by a macular hole (MH) resulting from the first vitrectomy. A 20-year-old female patient was referred to our hospital due to sudden vision loss in the left eye. Her best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in the left eye was hand motion. Fundus photograph...

INTRODUCTION Subhyaloid hemorrhage, whether spontaneous or in the context of a Valsalva maneuver, can lead to an acute decrease in vision when located in the premacular region. Nd:YAG laser hyaloidotomy (NYLH) is a minimally invasive treatment option. METHODS We examined two different clinical courses based on two case reports of NYLH. One case report described a 52-year-old female patient wh...

The case of a 35 year-old male patient is reported. The patient had a clinical history of craniocerebral trauma and premacular hemorrhage of Terson syndrome in the left eye. After waiting for 45 days, without hemorrhage resolution, the patient received an intravitreal injection of sulfur hexafluoride gas and tPA; an almost complete hemorrhage absorption occurred after a week as well as a consid...

A 13-year-old girl presented to the ophthalmology clinic complaining of painless decrease in vision in both eyes from two weeks before presentation. Visual loss had been accompanied by fever, muscle pain, chills and headache; however the patient had become afebrile four days before referral. Ocular examination revealed best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of counting fingers in the right eye (OD...

BACKGROUND To report a long-term complication of unsealed and un-reattached internal limiting membrane in Valsalva retinopathy after neodymium-doped yttrium-aluminium-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser membranotomy. CASE PRESENTATION A 41-year-old man presenting with a massive premacular hemorrhage due to Valsalva retinopathy underwent Nd:YAG laser membranotomy. During follow-up, best-corrected visual acu...

Aim: The present study aimed to evaluate the outcome of Valsalva retinopathy treated with Nd:YAG laser membranotomy. Design: This study was a retrospective case series. Methods: Six eyes in six patients had Nd:YAG (neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet) laser treatment to open a trapped hemorrhage overlying the macula. One to four laser membranotomies were performed. Best-corrected visual ac...