•Pseudophakic (PsRD) and phakic retinal detachments (PhRD) differed significantly in terms of preoperative characteristics. •PsRD PhRD with cataract showed several clinical similarities. •These results may support the role an inherent genetic predisposition to PsRD, addition surgery itself. Purpose To compare pseudophakic primary rhegmatogenous (RD) and, within RD, eyes without cataract. Design...

The aim of this study was to determine the levels of the angiogenic and fibrogenic factors osteopontin (OPN), high-mobility group box-1 (HMGB1), and connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) and the antiangiogenic and antifibrogenic pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) in the vitreous fluid from patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), and ...

Gilles de la Tourette’s syndrome, or Tourette’s syndrome (TS), is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by multiple motor and vocal tics, which appear in childhood and are often accompanied by behavioral symptoms [1]. The chronic presence of at least two motor tics and one vocal tic since childhood is recognized as the key feature of Tourette’s syndrome [1,2]. Motor tics (facial grimacin...

PURPOSE To investigate the efficacy of an endoscopic vitrectomy in Seoul-type keratoprosthesis (S-Kpro) exchange procedures. METHODS Nine S-Kpro-implanted rabbit eyes were enrolled in the S-Kpro exchange. Six eyes underwent an antecedent vitrectomy by an endoscopic system and then the S-Kpro exchange (endoscopy group). In the other three eyes, previously placed S-Kpros were removed, and a con...

M We have prospectively analqsed the feasibility and advantages of local anesthesia in surgical management of advanced proliferative vitreoretinopathy in retinal detachment (RD). M&Q& Peribulbar anesthesia (PBA) was used in 20 consecutive cases operated for RD. All the pateints requiered s&rat buckling, pars plana vitrectomy, complete membrane removal, endophotocoagulation and internal tamponad...

M We have prospectively analqsed the feasibility and advantages of local anesthesia in surgical management of advanced proliferative vitreoretinopathy in retinal detachment (RD). M&Q& Peribulbar anesthesia (PBA) was used in 20 consecutive cases operated for RD. All the pateints requiered s&rat buckling, pars plana vitrectomy, complete membrane removal, endophotocoagulation and internal tamponad...

PURPOSE To identify changes in S- and M-sensitive cone opsin gene expression following retinal detachment (RD) and reattachment. METHODS Cat retinas were detached for 1, 3, 7, or 28 days, or reattached after 1 h, 1 day, or 3 days of RD and fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde. Pieces of mid-peripheral retina were removed from the same region of each detached, normal (attached), and reattached retina ...

Purpose. To report the treatment outcome of photodynamic therapy with verteporfin (PDT) for exudative retinal detachment (RD) associated with diffuse choroidal hemangioma in Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS). Methods. An interventional case report of a 10-year-old girl with SWS who developed an exudative RD (visual acuity hand motions) that was treated with PDT. She was treated with a first session o...

M We have prospectively analqsed the feasibility and advantages of local anesthesia in surgical management of advanced proliferative vitreoretinopathy in retinal detachment (RD). M&Q& Peribulbar anesthesia (PBA) was used in 20 consecutive cases operated for RD. All the pateints requiered s&rat buckling, pars plana vitrectomy, complete membrane removal, endophotocoagulation and internal tamponad...

The technical progress in cataract treatment led to the significant decrease of retinal detachment (RD) following surgery. Globally, the risk for RD, 4 years after cataract surgery is around 0.93%. The strategy to decrease the risk for pseudophakic RD includes: preoperative identification of the retinal lesions predisposing to RD, high quality cataract surgery and efficient resolution of compli...