Hille DM, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-223003 Description This report of a mass in the upper eyelid resulting from long-term complications of heavy liquid tamponade therapy of retinal detachment is a good example of learning from rare cases. Retinal detachments may be repaired by scleral buckling, vitrectomy surgery or by a combination of both techniques. Retinal detachments r...

In the past decade ophthalmic anesthesia has witnessed a major transformation. The sun has set on the landscape of ophthalmic procedures performed under general anesthesia at in-hospital settings. In its place a new dawn has ushered in the panorama of eye surgeries conducted under regional and topical anesthesia at specialty eye care centers. The impact of the burgeoning geriatric population is...

BACKGROUND A growing proportion of veterans treated at the Veterans Health Administration (VA) have a history of post-traumatic-stress-disorder (PTSD), and there exists a higher rate of PTSD amongst veterans than the general population. The purpose of this study is to determine the correlation between PTSD and intra-operative analgesia, intra-operative time, and anesthesia type for cataract sur...

BACKGROUND Electrical potentials generated in the central nervous system in response to brief visual stimuli, flash visual evoked potentials (FVEPs), can be recorded non-invasively over the occipital cortex. FVEPs are used clinically in human medicine and also experimentally in a number of animal species, but the method has not yet been evaluated in the horse. The method would potentially allow...

WHEN a patient expresses sufficient confidence in a surgeon to allow him to perform an intra-ocular operation upon his eye, it is up to the surgeon to make this ordeal as easy and as safe as it is possible for him to do. All our patients are admitted to hospital two days before operation, so that they may get to know the nursing staff and their surroundings. They are told what will happen to th...