Purpose. To evaluate whether prophylactic circumferential retinal cryopexy (CRC) can prevent pseudophakic retinal detachment (PRD) development after posterior capsule rupture (PCR) during phacoemulsification. Methods. Retrospective patient chart analysis of eyes experiencing a PCR during phacoemulsification. Comparison of PRD development between eyes receiving CRC (cryo+ group) or not (cryo- gr...

eurpaSe To analyse anatomical and functional results of retinal detachment swery in cases complicated by proliferative vitreoretinopatby in childhood. M&Q& Thirty six consecutive cases of retinal detachment complicated by PVR stages Cl and more in childhood were analysed retrospectively. All the cases associated scleral buckling, pars plana vitrectomy, complete membrane peeling, injection of li...

PURPOSE To evaluate the outcome after buckle removal in a consecutive series of treated detachments. METHODS Segmental and/or encircling buckles were removed in 46 consecutive patients operated upon for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, showing buckle extrusion, recurrent pain, and diplopia. Patients underwent a preoperative retinal examination, and a six- months postoperative follow-up. R...

Background: In this article we share our experience of treating various severities of Coats’ disease and focus on optimal therapy for advanced disease. Methods: Retrospective chart review of 10 patients treated with varied techniques including intraocular surgery, cryopexy and/ or laser photocoagulation. Results: Nine patients were male. At presentation the average age was 4.6 years (range 21 m...

Several reports have been published on methods for treating hypotony maculopathy. Currently, the preferred choice of treatment depends on the severity of the illness. We experienced four cases of traumatic hypotony maculopathy and treated them by various methods. Cases 1-3 were treated by various surgical treatments. Case 1 was treated by combined cataract surgery and pars plana vitrectomy. The...

OBJECTIVE To compare the results of pneumatic retinopexy in 3 groups of eyes with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. METHODS In this retrospective, consecutive study, 44 eyes of 44 patients who underwent pneumatic retinopexy were divided into 3 groups: eyes with vitreoretinal abnormalities (group A), pseudopakic or aphakic eyes (group B), and phakic eyes without vitreoretinal abnormalities (g...

BACKGROUND In this article we share our experience of treating various severities of Coats' disease and focus on optimal therapy for advanced disease. METHODS Retrospective chart review of 10 patients treated with varied techniques including intraocular surgery, cryopexy and/or laser photocoagulation. RESULTS Nine patients were male. At presentation the average age was 4.6 years (range 21 m...

Peripheral exudative hemorrhagic chorioretinopathy (PEHCR) is a rare disorder that sometimes causes sudden subretinal and/or vitreous hemorrhage. Choroidal neovascularization is involved in the pathogenesis, but the etiology is unknown. Treatments with photocoagulation, cryopexy, and intravitreal bevacizumab injection have been reported. However, the therapeutic effect of intravitreal injection...

PURPOSE To study the characteristics of late-onset retinal detachments in patients with regressed retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and the condition of their fellow eyes. METHODS We carried out a retrospective review of 29 patients (38 eyes) who had been treated at two institutions, one in the US and the other in Japan, between 1986 and 1997. The age at the time of treatment ranged from 6 to ...