The administration of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is often associated with significant intraoperative electrolyte changes. We retrospectively examined the pre-HIPEC and post-HIPEC intraoperative basic metabolic panel (BMP) values of the 20 patients who underwent HIPEC at our institution between December 2009 and January 2012. For the five patients who underwent HIPEC with ...

An 18-year-old male with 360 degree angle recession after blunt trauma in his right eye developed uncontrolled intraocular pressure (IOP) despite four antiglaucoma medications (AGM) with advancing disc damage. He underwent trabeculectomy with intraoperative mitomycin-c (MMC) application. There was an intraoperative vitreous prolapse which was managed accordingly. On post-surgery day 1, he had s...

AIM The presence of traumatic angle recession is a risk factor for failure of glaucoma filtration surgery and a previous study has suggested that antimetabolite treatment should be used in these patients. This study was undertaken to determine for the first time the mid term results of trabeculectomy with intraoperative application of mitomycin C in patients with post-traumatic angle recession ...