Results: 109

Inverted internal limiting membrane flap for the management of optic disc pit maculopathy

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 83 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT Optic disc pit is a rare congenital anomaly that can cause serous macular detachment. It has no universally accepted single treatment. Recently, several investigators have performed new procedures to directly seal the pit. Herein, we report a case showing a promising method for optic pit maculop...

Resultados postquirúrgicos en pacientes con desprendimiento de retina regmatógeno asociado a agujero macular concomitante

Introducción: el desprendimiento de retina regmatógeno (DRR) y agujero macular concomitante (AM) es una asociación poco frecuente, se reporta alrededor del 1-1,7%. Objetivo: presentar los resultados anatómicos y funcionales obtenidos en 11 casos intervenidos por DRR asociado a AM. Diseño del est...

Facoanafilaxia por cristalino mergulhado na Síndrome de Marfan

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 78 (6), 2019
Resumo A síndrome de Marfan é uma doença de herança autossômica dominante e que afeta o tecido conjuntivo com manifestações fenotípicas que envolvem os sistemas esquelético, cardiovascular e ocular. As principais manifestações oculares são a subluxação do cristalino, a miopia e o descolamen...

New perspectives on macular hole surgery at three years of follow-up

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 82 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the functional and anatomical success rates as well as the safety of sutureless combined surgery involving vitreous base removal and internal limiting membrane peeling after Brilliant Blue G (0.5 mg/mL) staining for the management of idiopathic m...

Intravitreal neurodegenerative and inflammatory mediators in proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 82 (4), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose: To compare the intravitreal concentrations of cellular mediators involved in neurodegeneration, inflammation, and angiogenesis in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy and other vitreoretinal diseases. Methods: A multiplex bead immunoassay was used to measure vitreous level...

Effects on ocular discomfort and tear film dynamics of suturing 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomies

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 82 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the effects of suturing 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomies on ocular discomfort and tear film dynamics. Methods: This retrospective chart review involved data from 50 procedures in 50 patients who underwent 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomy from January to November 2016. We div...

Comparison of different surgical approaches for pediatric cataracts: complications and rates of additional surgery during long-term follow-up

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVES: To compare long-term postoperative complications of pediatric cataract surgery with primary intraocular lens (IOL) implantation associated with posterior capsulotomy (PC) and anterior vitrectomy (AV) between patients treated with a corneal or pars plicata/pars plana approach. METHODS: Childr...

Efecto del uso preoperatorio de bevacizumab intravítreo en pacientes con retinopatía diabética proliferativa sometidos a vitrectomía- Primera actualización

Medwave; 19 (1), 2019
ACTUALIZACIÓN: Este resumen Epistemonikos (Living FRISBEE: Living FRIendly Summary of the Body of Evidence using Epistemonikos) es una actualización del resumen publicado en diciembre de 2014. INTRODUCCIÓN: La retinopatía diabética proliferativa conlleva un alto riesgo de ceguera si no es tratada d...

Ruptura del globo ocular
Rupture of the eyeball

Rev. cuba. med. mil; 47 (4), 2018
Los traumatismos oculares representan la principal causa de pérdida de la agudeza visual en individuos jóvenes y se sitúa entre las causas de ceguera en el mundo. Pueden tener un efecto devastador sobre el globo ocular; es el tipo de traumatismo más severo en esta zona, con un pobre pronóstico visua...