AIM To assess the outcomes of combined 23-gauge sutureless vitrectomy and clear corneal phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) repair. METHODS This was a retrospective, consecutive, non-comparative, interventional case series of 30 eyes of 30 patients who underwent combined sutureless vitrectomy and clear corneal cataract surgery for...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to report and compare the anatomic and functional results of primary vitrectomy with and without 360° encircling scleral buckle (SB) for the treatment of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) due to inferior retinal break(s). BACKGROUND A variety of options, including SB, pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with or without SB, and pneumatic retinopexy have been d...

Introduction Retinal detachment (RD) surgery is the most common retinal surgery performed. RD can be repaired either by scleral buckling (SB) or pars plana vitrectomy (PPV). Pneumoretinopexy, laser delimitation or observation can be done in selected cases. The decision to perform SB or vitrectomy depends on various factors, including age of the patient, duration and extent of RD, presence of pr...

Background: The purpose of this study was to describe anatomical and visual outcomes after scleral buckling, pars plana vitrectomy, the use silicone oil as a tamponade in management retinal detachment associated with giant tears (GRT). Material methods: A retrospective descriptive chart review conducted for cases an initial presentation rhegmatogenous detachments GRT. Patients underwent surgica...

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 investigate the difference in the occurrence of postoperative epiretinal membranes (ERMs) in vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with and without peeling of the internal limiting membrane (ILM). METHODS The medical records of the 135 patients, who underwent vitrectomy for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment from November 2007 to August 2011, were analyzed retrosp...

BACKGROUND Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) is the commonest cause of late anatomical failure in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Visual and anatomical outcomes remain poor despite advances in vitreoretinal surgical techniques with reported primary failure rates of up to nearly 50%. Numerous adjunctive medications have been evaluated in clinical trials with no agent gaining widespread ac...

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: Endogenous endophthalmitis is a rare disease and its visual prognosis is poor. CASE REPORTS: We present two patients, a 60-year-old man and a 53-year-old man, who developed endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Gram-positive organisms but recovered good vision after antibiotics and vitrectomy. RESULTS: The first patient complained of ocular pain and visual decrease in his right eye. ...