PURPOSE To evaluate the visual outcome of combined phacoemulsification, intraocular lens implantation, and vitrectomy for macula-sparing rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. METHODS The results of combined vitrectomy with cataract extraction were retrospectively analyzed in patients with preexisting cataracts and new-onset rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. To qualify, patients must also have h...

PURPOSE To evaluate the visual outcome of patients with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization due to age-related macular degeneration, who received photodynamic therapy (PTD) in a clinical setting and to identify potential predictive visual and angiographic factors. DESIGN Interventional case series. METHODS The study included 74 patients with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization who und...

The ingestion of oral fluorescein in 38 consecutive cases 6 to 7 weeks after cataract surgery with and without iris clip lens implantation permitted satisfactory fluorography to detect all cases of clinical cystoid macular oedema. There were no adverse reactions from any test subject.

Fingolimod is the first oral drug approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for multiple sclerosis (MS). It is a sphingosine-1phosphate–receptor modulator that prevents lymphocyte egress from lymph nodes and enhances astrocyte function. In this retrospective case series, 4 eyes from 3 patients developed cystoid macular edema (CME) after initiating fingolimod therapy. The study was approve...

Abstract Background To report the prevalence of ocular abnormalities and investigate visual acuity in a large cohort retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients Western China. Methods The medical records ophthalmic examination reports 2127 eyes 1065 RP at one eye hospital were retrospectively reviewed to determined relationship between best corrected (BCVA) macular abnormalities. Results Nyctalopia (58....

Purpose. To evaluate the efficacy of intravitreal bevacizumab and triamcinolone in the treatment of cystoid macular oedema in a case with chronic myeloid leukaemia on imatinib treatment. Methods. We treated a 78-year-old man with bilateral cystoid macular oedema with intravitreal triamcinolone and subsequent bevacizumab in one eye and intravitreal bevacizumab, alone, in the fellow eye. Results....