AIM To assess main indications, postoperative complications and clinicopathological correlation of ocular enucleation-evisceration. METHODS A total of 107 subjects who underwent enucleation and/or evisceration and received hydroxyapatite implants (Scleral wrap or mesh) were assessed. For each patient clinicopathological data was collected which included demographic information, clinical histo...

In cats under pentobarbital sodium anesthesia, the characteristics of the muscle fibers of the retractor bulbi were studied, on stimulation of the VI nerve nucleus, by means of intracellular glass micropipettes. The muscles remained intact and attached to the globe; the blood and nerve supplies remained normal. The retractor bulbi is composed of a uniform population of twitch fibers with a mean...

PURPOSE To evaluate the efficacy of combination pars plana vitrectomy, endoscopic peripheral panretinal photocoagulation, and endocyclophotocoagulation (ECP) as compared with standard care in patients with neovascular glaucoma. METHODS This age-matched case-controlled retrospective series of 54 eyes compared the clinical outcomes between a consecutive series of combination pars plana vitrecto...

Purpose: To analyze the indications and types of eye removal at Latin America's highest-volume ophthalmic reference center in São Paulo, Brazil. Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted of surgical pathological reports in the electronic database of the Ophthalmology Department of the Universidade Federal de São Paulo Hospital of patients who underwent eye-removal procedures between Jan...

PURPOSE To report a case of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in the late stage, despite the fact that it had previously been halted after intravitreal injection of an antimicrobial agent against endogenous bacterial endophthalmitis (EBE). CASE This study involved a 62-year-old male who had previously been diagnosed with septicemia due to liver abscess and the detection of Klebsiella pneumoni...

A population based survey on the prevalence of major blinding disorders was conducted in the Wenchi district in central Ghana between March and May 1991. In 10 villages, 1425 people of 30 years and older were screened, using the WHO eye examination record. The prevalence of bilateral blindness above 30 years proved to be 1.7% (best acuity < 3/60): the prevalence of low vision above 30 years was...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcome and complications of removal of silicone oil after pars plana vitrectomy. STUDY DESIGN Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Layton Rahmatullah Benevolent Trust (L.R.B.T), Free Base Eye Hospital, Karachi, from February 2008 to January 2011. METHODOLOGY Ninety five eyes of 95 patients with a history of undergoing three-port pars plana vitrectomy were in...

PURPOSE To evaluate in a retrospective study the long-term usefulness of red 647 nm krypton and 670 nm diode laser for transscleral contact cyclophotocoagulation (CPC) in the treatment of therapy-resistant inflammatory glaucoma. METHODS The authors treated 48 eyes of 38 consecutive patients (mean age 36.8 years, range 6-81 years) with therapy-resistant inflammatory glaucoma secondary to chron...

PURPOSE To evaluate long-term outcomes and identify prognostic factors of trabeculectomy following intraocular bevacizumab injection for neovascular glaucoma. METHODS Sixty-one eyes of 54 patients with neovascular glaucoma treated by trabeculectomy following intraocular bevacizumab injection were consecutively enrolled. Surgical success criteria were sufficient intraocular pressure (IOP) redu...