AIMS To compare the retinal sensitivity and frequency of microscotomas found by spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) combined with scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) microperimetry after idiopathic macular hole closure, in eyes that underwent internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling and eyes that did not. METHODS This was a retrospective, non-randomised, comparative study. C...

Aims: To investigate the ultrastructure of the vitreoretinal interface in patients with vitreomacular traction syndrome. Methods: 14 patients with vitreomacular traction syndrome underwent standard pars plana vitrectomy. After induction of posterior vitreous detachment, epiretinal tissue and the inner limiting membrane (ILM) of the retina were removed, and processed for transmission electron mi...

Delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity (DCH) of 12 normal adult subjects to purified protein derivative (PPD) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, streptococcal streptokinase-streptodornase (SK-SD), and Candida albicans Dermatophytin O (DO) was assayed in vivo by skin testing and compared with such in vitro correlates of cellular immunity as lymphocyte transformation (LT) and inhibition of leukocyte migr...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of vitrectomy on the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and postoperative complications in highly myopic eyes with myopic traction maculopathy. METHODS The medical records of 71 eyes of 64 patients with myopic traction maculopathy and high myopia (≤-8.0 diopters and axial length, ≥26.0 mm) were reviewed. Twenty-six eyes had only macular retinoschisis, 30 eyes h...

To the Editor:-The optimal breathing tube for use during resection and reconstruction of proximal and midtracheal lesions should be a long, flexible, reinforced tube that can be manipulated easily during surgery without kinking.’ The tube should have a short, low-pressure, highvolume cuff and a very short segment beyond the cuff to allow bilateral lung ventilation through short tracheal stumps....

We investigate the existence of Intrinsic Localized Modes (ILMs) in nonlinear one-dimensional KleinGordon chains. We use the Lagrangian averaging approach parameterizing ILM by several slow-varying variables, and apply the averaging directly in the action principle. Our preliminary studies yield results for ILM dynamics in accordance with those obtained by other methods.

BACKGROUND Myopic foveoschisis (MF) is among the leading causes of visual loss in high myopia. However, it remains controversial whether internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling or gas tamponade is necessary treatment option for MF. METHODS PubMed, EMBASE, CBM, CNKI, WANFANG DATA and VIP databases were systematically reviewed. Outcome indicators were myopic foveoschisis resolution rate, visua...

AIMS To investigate the ultrastructure of the vitreoretinal interface in patients with vitreomacular traction syndrome. METHODS 14 patients with vitreomacular traction syndrome underwent standard pars plana vitrectomy. After induction of posterior vitreous detachment, epiretinal tissue and the inner limiting membrane (ILM) of the retina were removed, and processed for transmission electron mi...

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of combined phacoemulsification and 23gauge pars plana vitrectomy with Brilliant blue-G (BBG)-assisted ILM peeling in idiopathic macular hole surgery with closure of the hole by an inverted ILM flap. Design: Prospective and interventional case series. Methods: 23 eyes with large (>400 μm) idiopathic macular hole treated by phacoemulsification with po...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the efficacy of internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling in the treatment of a macular hole. METHODS The ocular evaluation included Snellen visual acuity, a slit-lamp examination, indirect ophthalmoscopy, and contact lens biomicroscopy. The macular holes were confirmed using a Watzke-Allen slit beam test. Surgery consisted of a standard 3-port vitrectomy under local ane...