Intraocular medulloepithelioma of cilliary body is a nonhereditary neoplasm childhood arising from primitive medullary epithelium characterized by cords multi-layered neuroepithelial cells resembling the optic cup. It often present as loss vision, painful eye & leucocoria. Common signs include secondary glaucoma dislocated lens. About half patients undergo surgery before discovery this tumo...

We report a case of a patient with a highly hyperopic eye who underwent cataract surgery combined with vitreous surgery to create a posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) to prevent choroidal neovascularization (CNV). A 78-year-old man noticed a decrease in his vision due to a cataract in his right eye. The patient had a severe visual loss in his left eye because of a CNV 2 years after a cataract ...

BACKGROUND Choroidal hemorrhage is usually seen as expulsive hemorrhage related to surgical invasion and is rarely observed in the absence of surgery or trauma. In this report, we describe a case of choroidal hemorrhage caused by hypertension related to chronic renal failure. CASE A 32-year-old man presented with sudden visual loss, eye pain and swelling in his left eye. He had a history of r...

PURPOSE Falls are a significant cause of morbidity in the elderly. Because decreased vision is known to be a significant risk factor for falling in this age group, we sought to examine the effect of the removal of cataract, a major cause of visual handicap, on postural stability. METHODS Postural stability was measured in 23 patients who underwent cataract surgery, before and 1 to 4 months af...

OBJECTIVE To determine the indications and rate of acceptance for destructive eye surgeries at the ophthalmology unit of the Yaoundé Gynaeco-Obstetric and Paediatric Hospital. METHODS A retrospective consecutive case series in which the medical records of all patients consulting in this unit over a 9-year period (2002 to 2010) were reviewed. Records in which destructive surgery was recommende...

PURPOSE To evaluate the result of re-operation on the deviated eye of recurred, consecutive or undercorrected sensory strabismus after surgery. METHODS The medical records of 11 patients who had received second strabismus operation on the deviated eye due to recurred, consecutive or undercorrected sensory strabismus were studied retrospectively. RESULTS Among the 11 patients, five patients ...

AANA Journal  August 2016  Vol. 84, No. 4 255 Variables measured in modern pulse oximetry apparatuses include a graphic pulse curve and a specified perfusion value (PV) that could be a sensitive marker for detecting differences in sympathetic activity. We hypothesized that there is a correlation between a reduction of PV and the time to eye opening after anesthesia with propofol-remifentanil....

PURPOSE To evaluate the safety of Systane((R)) Lubricant Eye Drops in relieving the symptoms of dry eye following laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery. METHODS This was a randomized, double-masked, single-center, placebo-controlled, contralateral eye study of 30 patients undergoing LASIK surgery. The mean age of patients was 42.4 +/- 10.7 years, and the mean spherical equival...

purpose: to present two cases of axial high myopia with esotropia (heavy eye syndrome) and the results of its surgical management. case report: two female subjects (15 and 17 years old) were referred to poostchi eye clinic, shiraz, iran with axial high myopia and esotropia. eye examination revealed more than 50 prism diopter (pd) esotropia and more than 10 pd hypotropia in primary position as w...

We report 3 patients with acquired nystagmus who were treated with eye muscle tenotomy and reat­ tachment. The first patient had acquired pendular nystagmus (APN) associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) and underwent bilateral medial rectus tenoto­ mies and bilateral lateral rectus recessions to cor­ rect exotropia. Eye movements were recorded before surgery, after surgery, and after surgery an...