BACKGROUND AND METHODS We compared surgical procedures and outcomes, including duration of recovery period, in eyes with proliferative diabetic retinopathy that underwent 25-gauge microincision vitrectomy surgery with those that underwent 20-gauge vitrectomy. Seventy-two eyes from 53 patients that underwent 20-gauge vitrectomy in 2006 and 87 eyes from 55 patients that underwent 25-gauge vitrect...

purpose: to report visual outcomes of pars plana vitrectomy in severely traumatized eyes with no light perception (nlp) and flat electroretinography (erg) methods: we performed a prospective interventional study on 22 severely traumatized eyes with nlp, 4+ relative afferent pupillary defect (rapd) and flat erg. results: one year after pars plana virectomy, 15 patients (68.18%) had nlp, six pati...

PURPOSE To determine the safety of pars plana vitrectomy in eyes containing a treated posterior uveal melanoma. DESIGN Interventional case series. METHODS Retrospective case series of patients with posterior uveal melanoma who underwent pars plana vitrectomy. Complications, vitreous cytology, local tumor control, and metastasis were assessed. RESULTS Nine patients met study criteria. Tumo...

Background: Modifications of the inner retinal layer is a frequent observation following pars plana vitectomy. Aim Work: To assess early changes thickness Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer after vitrectomy by ocular coherence tomography. Patients and Methods: This non-interventional observational study, in which 30 eyes patients underwent Examination Pars Plana Vitrectomy OCT. Cases were performed at O...

The epiretinal membrane is a thin sheet of fibrous tissue that can form over the macular area retina, and may result in loss visual acuity or metamorphopsia, due to superficial retinal folds. A vitrectomy surgery, current treatment procedure for this pathology, only performed after symptoms are present. However, sometimes patients do not present any vision improvements surgery. use computationa...

Purpose. To demonstrate the long-term effectiveness of vitrectomy for intermediate uveitis (IU) and to determine whether complete control of inflammation before vitrectomy is necessary. Methods. This retrospective study included 66 eyes of 66 patients with IU who underwent vitrectomy for vitreoretinal complications. Eyes were followed for at least 12 months after vitrectomy. The degree of infla...

PURPOSE The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effect of vitrectomy on secondary glaucoma and visual acuity outcomes in patients with retained lens fragments after phacoemulsification. METHODS A retrospective analysis of 126 patients who had vitrectomy for retained lens fragments after phacoemulsification during the 3-year period between January 1, 1993, and December 31, 1995. RESULTS ...

The management of Candida albicans endophthalmitis in intravenous drug abusers (IVDAs) has yet to be established. Early vitrectomy was previously reported as a promising treatment for C. albicans endophthalmitis. In our series, C. albicans endophthalmitis was diagnosed for 15 IVDAs. Funduscopic examinations confirmed severe vitritis in 12 patients and chorioretinitis in three. Blood and vitreal...

PURPOSE To assess the trends in pars plana vitrectomy surgery rates and factors affecting rate change between 2002 and 2013 in South Korea. METHODS Data from National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort 2002-2013, which represents 1,025,340 samples with a sampling rate of 2.2% from the total eligible Korean population, was analyzed. RESULTS A total of 3,816 vitrectomy procedures...