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...

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 ...

KCNJ13 encodes Kir7.1, an inwardly rectifying K(+) channel that is expressed in multiple ion-transporting epithelia. A mutation in KCNJ13 resulting in an arginine-to-tryptophan change at residue 162 (R162W) of Kir7.1 was associated with snowflake vitreoretinal degeneration, an inherited autosomal-dominant disease characterized by vitreous degeneration and mild retinal degeneration. We used the ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE To create a ray-traced, three-dimensional display system for Cirrus high-definition optical coherence tomography (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., Dublin, CA) that improves the visualization of subtle structures of the vitreoretinal interface. PATIENTS AND METHODS High-definition optical coherence tomography (HD-OCT) data for epiretinal membranes (17 eyes), macular holes (11...

n engl j med 369;11 nejm.org september 12, 2013 1080 anticoagulants may prevent warfarin-induced skin necrosis but cannot be recommended yet. Finally, in reply to Grzybowski and Ascaso: the use of antithrombotic agents in ocular surgery remains highly controversial. The stated bleeding rate of 3% is excessive in modern cataract surgery. This avascular procedure, which is frequently performed wi...