Vitreous surgery has improved remarkably with various advances in surgical instruments and techniques. The two most important breakthrough in recent years have been the introduction of small-gauge pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) systems and new illumination devices. Compared with traditional 20-gauge PPV, sutureless small-gauge PPV appears to be safer, with a shorter operating time, less postoperat...

BACKGROUND To report our 3-year experience of 23-gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy (TSV) for acute postoperative endophthalmitis at a tertiary referral center in southern Taiwan. METHODS This retrospective chart review study included 19 patients with acute postoperative endophthalmitis who underwent 23-gauge TSV from January 2011 to January 2015 at Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospi...

purpose : to compare postoperative anatomical sclerotomy sites of transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy (tsv) with conventional 20-gauge vitrectomy methods : in this prospective, nonrandomized study 30 consecutive patients divided in 2 groups: group i, 15 eyes from 15 patients underwent conventional 20-gauge and group ii, 15 eyes from 15 patients underwent tsv (23, 25-gauge) pars plana vitrec...