Children and adolescents affected by prenatal exposure to alcohol who have brain damage that is manifested in functional impairments of neurocognition, self-regulation, and adaptive functioning may most appropriately be diagnosed with neurobehavioral disorder associated with prenatal exposure. This Special Article outlines clinical implications and guidelines for pediatric medical home clinicia...

MAY/JUNE 2008 I RETINA TODAY I 85 S utureless surgery is a relatively new modality for vitreoretinal surgeons. Wounds that accommodated traditional 20-gauge vitrectomy instrumentation required suture closure. With the introduction of 25-gauge instrumentation, vitreoretinal surgeons gained the ability to leave the smaller incisions unsutured after vitrectomy, reducing intraoperative trauma and p...

PURPOSE This study aimed to report the use of intravitreal bevacizumab as an adjunctive treatment in two cases of advanced Eales' disease with vitreous haemorrhage and tractional retinal detachment, prior to vitreoretinal surgery. METHOD In two patients presenting with vitreous haemorrhage, retinal neovascularisation and localised tractional retinal detachment, 1.25 mg of intravitreal bevaciz...

Recent developments in vitreoretinal surgery have increased the need for suitable vitreous substitutes. A successful substitute should maintain all the physical and biochemical properties of the original vitreous, be easy to manipulate, and be long lasting. Substitutes can be gaseous or liquid, both of which have associated advantages and disadvantages related to their physical properties and u...

Collagenous gastritis is a rare gastrointestinal disorder characterized in pediatrics by abdominal pain and anemia. The literature divides collagenous gastritis into distinct pediatric-onset and adult-onset phenotypes. As opposed to pediatric form, the adult form is associated with collagenous colitis and presents clinically with voluminous non-bloody diarrhea. There are over 25 case reports of...

Vitreoretinal surgery is undertaken to treat several eye problems involving the retina, macula, and vitreous fluid, and this surgery is considered one of the most difficult to perform. Many eye problems are treated with vitreoretinal surgery including macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and retinal detachment. During vitreoretinal surgery, small implements are inserted into the ocular v...

Background. Primary pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) is often performed by vitreoretinal fellows. We aimed to evaluate the incidence of retinal breaks and detachments (RD) after fellow-performed PPV. Methods. We reviewed 119 consecutive cases of standard 3-port primary PPVs on 115 patients at a teaching institution from 2003 to 2006. In all cases, the primary surgeon was a vitreoretinal fellow. Pati...

M. -any communications have described the structure and relation of the vitreous to the ciliary body and retina."'-~>~ •''• Yet our knowledge of this region of the eye remains incomplete. For example, the intimate relation of these tissues in infancy and childhood and the changes which occur with increasing age are poorly understood. The gross effects of some diseases on these tissues are known...

PURPOSE To report a case of a patient with primary vitreoretinal lymphoma masquerading as retinitis. METHODS Retrospective review of the patient's clinical, histopathological and imaging records. RESULTS Cytopathology was negative for malignancy, and preliminary polymerase chain reaction results supported the diagnosis of varicella zoster virus retinitis. Therefore, the patient was treated ...