BACKGROUND A 1 year retrospective analysis of 650 patients, who underwent a posterior capsulorhexis on their intact capsules, was performed to examine the incidence of complications, their aetiologies, and the outcome. METHODS Data were analysed on 32 patients with complicated capsulorhexis for type of surgery, preoperative and postoperative factors, and relative risk factors for vitreous iss...

Retrobulbar anaesthesia, digital massage, osmotic therapy, and acetazolamide are frequently employed in various combinations to effect ocular hypotony before cataract extraction.* It is believed by many that hypotony prevents vitreous loss during this operation. t Profound akinesia to preclude extraocular muscle contraction and resulting shortening of the scleral shell is a clinically accepted ...

purpose: to evaluate the incidence of pseudoexfoliation syndrome (xfs) in patients with senile cataract who were scheduled for phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation (pe + iol) and to compare the outcomes of pe+iol between eyes with and without xfs. method: we retrospectively reviewed 2200 eyes with cataract undergoing pe + iol. all procedures were performed by a single surgeon (...

Choroidal neovascularisation developed in 62/66 (94%) eyes followed up for a mean period of 11.2 years after treatment with xenon arc feeder vessel coagulation for proliferative sickle retinopathy (PSR). In 27 eyes the neovascularisation was chorioretinal alone and in 35 eyes choriovitreal. Chorioretinal neovascularisation (CRN) was a benign complication but may convert to choriovitreal neovasc...

The transport of fluorescein monoglucuronide, a fluorescent metabolite of fluorescein, from the vitreous was studied. Ten microliter of 1 mM fluorescein monoglucuronide or fluorescein solution was injected into the rabbit vitreous body, and the vitreous concentration was measured every 2 hr. The rate of loss from the vitreous was 0.066 +/- 0.012 (SD)/hour for fluorescein monoglucuronide and 0.2...

External drainage of subretinal fluid during scleral buckling procedures is considered by many ophthalmologists to be a rather dangerous and uncontrolled process owing to the potential for complications such as retinal incarceration, subretinal hemorrhage, and loss of vitreous. Typically, drainage is monitored externally, with only intermittent use of indirect ophthalmoscopy to assess drainage ...