INTRODUCTION Cysticercosis, a helminthic infestation caused by Taenia solium, can produce central nervous system, muscles, visceral, subcutaneous tissues and skin manifestations. Ophthalmological involvement can affect eyelids, conjunctiva, anterior chamber, uvea, vitreous, retina, extraocular muscles and optic nerve. Simultaneous co-occurrence of intracranial and intraocular cysticercosis is a...

PURPOSE To identify prognostic factors that determine visual outcome following phacoemulsification cataract surgery complicated by vitreous loss. METHODS A retrospective cohort study. All cases of vitreous loss during phacoemulsification surgery at a university hospital, between June 2000 and December 2005, were identified from the hospital computer database. By reviewing the medical notes, p...

PURPOSE To evaluate the risk factors for posterior capsule rupture with or without vitreous loss (PCR +/- VL) in extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE). METHODS The charts of 2794 consecutive patients who had ECCE with or without intraocular lens implantation between January 1992 and December 1997 were reviewed retrospectively. Probable risk factors included age, sex, operated eye (right or...

Background. To analyze the effects of factors other than the ocular trauma score parameters on visual outcomes in open globe injuries. Methods. Open globe injuries primarily repaired in our hospital were reviewed. The number of surgeries, performance of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV), lens status, affected tissues (corneal, scleral, or corneoscleral), intravitreal hemorrhage, intraocular foreign b...

The subject on which I propose to address you has been long regarded as one in which a satisfactory conclusion one way or other has been considered of the greatest importance in all operations for the removal of cataract. Till recently all the oculists of the United Kingdom and the Continent were unanimous in opinion as to the bad effects of loss of vitreous. This fact is borne out by the recor...

Every eye surgeon has experienced – or will experience – that sinking feeling when the posterior capsule is ruptured and vitreous comes forward into the anterior chamber. At that moment everything changes, including the heart rate of the surgeon and the possible outcome for the patient. But all is not lost. If the theatre team are well prepared, the situation can be managed calmly and professio...

INTRODUCTION Vitreous or retinal hemorrhage occurring in association with subarachnoid hemorrhage is known as Terson's syndrome. In Terson's syndrome, intracranial hemorrhages are followed by intraocular hemorrhage, classically in the subhyaloid space, but may also include subretinal, retinal, preretinal, and vitreal collections. Vitreous hemorrhage recovery is usually spontaneous in six to 12 ...

PURPOSE To report the immediate complication of dense vitreous hemorrhage after intravitreal injection of tissue plasminogen activator and gas for treatment of two cases of sudden submacular hemorrhage associated with retinal arterial macroaneurysm. METHODS Case reports. RESULTS Two patients, a 67-year-old woman and a 92-year-old man, presented with sudden vision loss related to submacular ...