APRIL 2011 I RETINA TODAY I 39 N eovascular glaucoma (NVG) is often caused by posterior segment disease, primarily diabetic retinopathy, central retinal vein occlusion, or carotid occlusive disease. Surgical options in NVG include trabeculectomy, trabeculectomy with mitomycin-C, cyclodestruction, and tube stent implants. An anterior segment approach to stent placement in patients with NVG may h...

purpose: to evaluate the effect of trans-scleral cyclophotocoagulation (tscpc) in reducing intraocular pressure in eyes with history of pars plana vitrectomy with or without intraocular silicone oil and refractory to medical treatment. methods: medical records of 35 eyes of 35 patients who underwent tscpc for medically uncontrolled glaucoma after pars plana vitrectomy for retinal pathology were...

Background: To assess the occurrence and magnitude of refractive change in pseudophakic eyes undergoing pars plana vitrectomy without scleral buckling and to investigate possible aetiological factors. Methods: Retrospective case note review of pseudophakic eyes undergoing pars plana vitrectomy for a variety of vitreo-retinal conditions over a three-year period. Anterior chamber depth was measur...

PURPOSE To evaluate the outcomes of pars plana vitrectomy and silicone oil injection for the treatment of infectious endophthalmitis. METHODS 35 cases of endophthalmitis secondary to phacoemulsification (20 patients), trabeculectomy (8 patients), perforating trauma (2 patients), trauma (2 patients), corneal transplantation (1 patient), vitrectomy (1 patient) and corneal ulceration (1 patient)...

PURPOSE To describe the results of a pars plana vitrectomy, combined with phacoemulsification, using a sutureless, superotemporal, clear corneal incision for patients with a macular hole. METHODS This study reviewed the records of 22 patients (22 eyes) who underwent a phacoemulsification with the insertion of an acrylic intraocular lens, using a 3.2 mm superotemporal clear corneal incision an...

BACKGROUND To assess the occurrence and magnitude of refractive change in pseudophakic eyes undergoing 20 gauge pars plana vitrectomy without scleral buckling and to investigate possible aetiological factors. METHODS Retrospective case note review of 87 pseudophakic eyes undergoing 20 gauge pars plana vitrectomy for a variety of vitreo-retinal conditions over a three-year period. Anterior cha...

AIM To describe the results of combined phacoemulsification, insertion of posterior chamber intraocular lens (PCIOL), and pars plana vitrectomy for patients with macular hole. METHODS A case series of 89 consecutive patients with macular hole who underwent combined phacoemulsification, insertion of PCIOL, posterior capsulectomy, and pars plana vitrectomy. RESULTS 80 of 89 patients (89%) had...

Giant retinal breaks developed in four eyes within two months of pars plana vitrectomy. The pathogenesis and implications of this serious complication are discussed.