{"title":"Therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty in nonhealing corneal ulcer.","authors":"A Panda, S Khokhar, V Rao, G K Das, N Sharma","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Results of penetrating keratoplasty in 443 eyes of 439 patients of active infective corneal ulcers, from a period of 10 years, were analyzed. All these eyes were proven refractory to maximal medical therapy for extended periods of time, in some cases more than 6 weeks. As the surgery was performed during the active stage, the outcome was not favorable functionally. Clinical cure was obtained, however, by therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty in all but 27 of these eyes. Of unsuccessful cases, 16 could be saved with additional medical therapy, two led to phthisis bulbi, and nine required repeat therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty. Complications encountered included disturbances in intraocular dynamics such as extrusion of the lens and vitreous during surgery, secondary rise of intraocular pressure leading to damage of the optic nerve, loss of the eye due to above factors, and reinfection. The anatomical success achieved was 97% with graft clarity of 2+ or more in 39% of eyes. Useful vision, ie, better than or equal to 6/60, was possible in 33% of eyes. Thus, therapeutic keratoplasty in refractory corneal ulcer still has scope in a Third-World country.</p>","PeriodicalId":19625,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic surgery","volume":"26 4","pages":"325-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19512089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Keratoprosthesis as an aid to learning surgical techniques on cadaver eyes.","authors":"U Eckardt, C Eckardt","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Practice on cadaver eyes can be an essential aid for residents and inexperienced surgeons in learning operative techniques. Cadaver eyes, however, have been of only limited utility for teaching highly complicated procedures because of the obscuring of intraocular structures caused by the rapid post mortem onset of corneal swelling. We have overcome this problem by the use of a silicone keratoprosthesis that provides an excellent view of all intraocular tissues. Our model allows the use of donor eyes unsuitable for transplantation and facilitates the learning of even complicated cataract surgery, and vitrectomy techniques on the human eye. It thus can reduce the rate of complications in operations on patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":19625,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic surgery","volume":"26 4","pages":"358-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19512093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ophthalmic surgeryPub Date : 1995-07-01DOI: 10.3928/1542-8877-19950701-11
H. Tanihara, A. Negi, M. Akimoto, M. Nagata
{"title":"Long-term surgical results of combined trabeculotomy ab externo and cataract extraction.","authors":"H. Tanihara, A. Negi, M. Akimoto, M. Nagata","doi":"10.3928/1542-8877-19950701-11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/1542-8877-19950701-11","url":null,"abstract":"Trabeculotomy ab externo has been demonstrated to be effective in controlling intraocular pressure (IOP) in adult patients with either primary open-angle glaucoma or pseudoexfoliation syndrome. We evaluated the surgical outcome of 60 eyes with either primary open-angle glaucoma or pseudoexfoliation syndrome that underwent combined trabeculotomy ab externo and cataract extraction. All patients were at least 40 years old, and were followed for at least 1 year. At the final examination, IOP was well controlled (21 mm Hg or less) in 54 (90%) of the 60 eyes, with or without medication. Also, \"overall success\" (ie, stabilization of IOP, visual field, and optic nerve status) was achieved in 49 (81.7%). Complications included fibrin exudation (22%), transient IOP elevation (17%), early perforation of the probe into the anterior chamber (10%), and detachment of Descemet's membrane (5%). We recommend combined trabeculotomy ab externo and cataract extraction in selected cases of glaucoma with coexisting cataract. For cases in which the target IOP level is in the low teens, or for patients who may not tolerate postoperative fluctuations in IOP, we do not recommend trabeculotomy ab externo. Also, in eyes that have normal-tension glaucoma, or that have already sustained severe damage to the optic nerve, visual dysfunction caused by glaucomatous changes may progress even after successful combined trabeculotomy ab externo and cataract extraction.","PeriodicalId":19625,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic surgery","volume":"38 1","pages":"316-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88868139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ophthalmic surgeryPub Date : 1995-07-01DOI: 10.3928/1542-8877-19950701-20
H. Zauberman, I. Hemo
{"title":"The use of a silicone strip over the sclerotomy in vitreous surgery.","authors":"H. Zauberman, I. Hemo","doi":"10.3928/1542-8877-19950701-20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/1542-8877-19950701-20","url":null,"abstract":"We have developed a technique to prevent enlargement and distortion of the sclerotomy wound during vitreoretinal surgery. The technique involves the use of a silicone strip temporarily attached to the sclera. The strip and the sclera are pierced with a lance-tipped blade and surgery is done by entering through the silicone strip and then through the resulting scleral opening. Such a procedure prevents undesirable enlargement of the sclerotomy induced by trauma to the wound caused by instruments that can occur in cases of previously damaged sclera or in thin sclera associated with high myopia. It also prevents leaks through the wound as instruments are withdrawn.","PeriodicalId":19625,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic surgery","volume":"8 1","pages":"360-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87168466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An ultrasound biomicroscopic dark-room provocative test.","authors":"C J Pavlin, K Harasiewicz, F S Foster","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ultrasound biomicroscopy can image the relationship of angle structures under any lighting conditions. Eight patients with narrow angles were examined in the light and in the dark. All of the eyes showed iris thickening and shortening, increased anterior convexity of the iris, and varying degrees of angle narrowing in the dark. In one eye, the angle was completely closed. Iridotomy in this patient flattened the iris profile and opened the angle. The degree of angle opening observed after the iridotomy did not change depending on the lighting conditions. Ultrasound biomicroscopy allows imaging of dynamic changes in anterior ocular structures as they occur and provides information regarding angle occludability in the dark.</p>","PeriodicalId":19625,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic surgery","volume":"26 3","pages":"253-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18655321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G D Markowitz, S E Orlin, W C Frayer, A P Andrews, R B Prince
{"title":"Corneal endothelial polymerization of histoacryl adhesive: a report of a new intraocular complication.","authors":"G D Markowitz, S E Orlin, W C Frayer, A P Andrews, R B Prince","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tissue adhesive are commonly used in ophthalmology to seal small corneal perforations. We report a case of inadvertent instillation of cyanoacrylate adhesive (Histoacryl) in the anterior chamber resulting in polymerization of the glue on the corneal endothelial surface, with iridocorneal and iridolenticular adhesion.</p>","PeriodicalId":19625,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic surgery","volume":"26 3","pages":"256-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18655322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A simple punching device for use in penetrating keratoplasty.","authors":"A Urrets-Zavalía","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A method of supporting donor cornea for trephination is described. On a base of heated and then cooled paraffin, a series of small indentations are made with a sterile acrylic ball, 15 mm in diameter, about one third of its volume deep. The donor cornea is then placed in one of the indentations for trephination.</p>","PeriodicalId":19625,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic surgery","volume":"26 3","pages":"259-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18655325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Choroidal hemorrhage after Valsalva's maneuver in eyes with a previous scleral buckle.","authors":"S M Meyers, R E Foster","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19625,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic surgery","volume":"26 3","pages":"216-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18657757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ophthalmic surgeryPub Date : 1995-05-01DOI: 10.3928/1542-8877-19950501-23
R. Vajpayee, K. Taherian, S. G. Honavar, A. Negi
{"title":"Anterior synechiolysis after keratoplasty.","authors":"R. Vajpayee, K. Taherian, S. G. Honavar, A. Negi","doi":"10.3928/1542-8877-19950501-23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/1542-8877-19950501-23","url":null,"abstract":"Anterior synechiae that develop following keratoplasty may induce immunological graft rejection or graft failure. Current surgical techniques designed to remove the synechiae early on are quite cumbersome. We describe a simple technique of anterior synechiolysis, performed 1 to 4 weeks postoperatively, using a bent 26-gauge needle, that proved safe and effective in seven cases. The only complication was a hyphema in one case. None of the synechiae had recurred at the final follow up at 3 months.","PeriodicalId":19625,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic surgery","volume":"71 1-4","pages":"264-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91487597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P L Macken, S R Boyd, F Feldman, J G Heathcote, M Steiner, F A Billson
{"title":"Intralenticular foreign bodies: case reports and surgical review.","authors":"P L Macken, S R Boyd, F Feldman, J G Heathcote, M Steiner, F A Billson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Management of intralenticular foreign bodies (ILFBs) is controversial. Correlation between visual outcome, foreign body characteristics, the need for surgical intervention, and the choice of surgical technique are not well established. We report five cases of traumatic ILFBs all managed surgically. Three ILFBs were metal, one was presumably also metal, and one was wood. We chose to proceed with foreign body removal and simultaneous cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation as a single-staged procedure in four cases. In one case of planned extracapsular cataract extraction, a foreign body was identified only after the expressed nucleus was sent for pathological examination. Visual outcomes were 20/30 or greater in all cases at 5 to 18 month follow up.</p>","PeriodicalId":19625,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic surgery","volume":"26 3","pages":"250-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18655320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}