Decompression retinopathy is a rare postoperative complication of eyes that undergo sudden ocular decompression. It has been reported mainly after glaucoma filtering surgery. The clinical appearance is characterized by multiple round intraretinal hemorrhages, some with white centers, located in the postequatorial retina. Twenty-five–gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy (TSV25) has rece...

Transcutaneous lower blepharoplasty addresses excess skin, muscle, and fat through an infraciliary cutaneous incision. This approach offers excellent exposure to the fat pads; however, violation of the orbital septum may result in postoperative lower eyelid retraction, with resultant aesthetic disfigurement as well as exposure keratoconjunctivitis.1 The transconjunctival approach to lower bleph...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To analyze the clinical outcomes for a large cohort of patients who underwent orbital decompression for thyroid eye disease (TED) utilizing a consistent surgical approach performed by a single surgical team. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case series. METHODS Clinical data were gathered for patients who had undergone surgical decompression for TED. Outcomes analysis includ...

purpose: to compare low volume transconjunctival anterior peribulbar anesthesia with transcutaneous posterior peribulbar anesthesia in phacoemulsification. methods: patients scheduled for phacoemulsification were randomly divided into two groups: in first group 5ml of 2% lidocaine was injected transcutaneously in the posterior orbital space. in the second group, 2ml of 5% lidocaine was injected...

The purpose of this retrospective study was to investigate treatment options for orbital floor fractures at a Level 1 Trauma Center in Southern California. A review of 45 cases of isolated orbital floor fractures treated at the University of California at Irvine between February 2004 and April 2007 was done. Patients were retrospectively analyzed for gender, age, mechanism of injury, associated...

This technique, which targets excess ocular fat in the medial pocket, may be used as a primary procedure or as a secondary revision in patients who are unhappy with remaining excess medial fat after undergoing blepharoplasty. According to the author, the procedure is fast and relatively easy to perform, and patients benefit from rapid recovery, minimal morbidity, the use of local anesthesia, an...