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Effect of Oral Citicoline in Macular Ganglion Cell Layer (GCL) Thickness, After Epiretinal Membrane (ERM) Surgery with Internal Limiting Membrane (ILM) Peeling SCIENTIFIC POSTER Effect of Oral Citicoline in Macular Ganglion Cell Layer Thickness, After Epiretinal Membrane Surgery with Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling by Vania Lages ABSTRACT Introduction: Beneficial effects of oral cytidine-5’-diphosphocholine (citicoline) have been...

Spider IOL EDITED FILM ABSTRACT The authors aim to describe a surgical technique for management of eyes without adequate capsular support, by implantation of a four-haptic hydrophilic acrylic foldable intraocular lens (IOL), Bausch & Lomb AKREOS Adapt AO® with a transscleral knotless zigzag suture. Surgical technique consists in small gauge pars plana vitrectomy, small corneal incision (between 2,0 mm and 2,4 mm) for iOL...

Anterior Segment Complications – Multiple Solutions EDITED FILM ABSTRACT The authors present the posterior segment approach for solving anterior segment complications in cataract surgery. From retro-pupillary iris-claw IOLs, to modified glued IOL technique or improvised scleral suspension with normal “in-the-bag” IOLs. The authors show their tricks and also the pros and cons for each technique. CONTACT...

Internal Limiting Membrane (ILM) peeling is actually a common surgical procedure performed in different retinal disorders like epiretinal membrane, macular edema of various etiology, foveosquisis, macular hole or sub-ILM hemorrage. Current treatment of macular hole is vitrectomy associated to complete IML peeling or inverted IML flap technique. However, macular hole closure failure can occur in few cases after standard procedure. In the...

Media not available due to technical recording problems. EVRS is very sorry for the inconvenience.   Advantages: Triamcinolone acetonide is a corticosteroid used in the treatment of macular edema of different etiologies. To the best of our knowledge, the duration of effect of this therapy has not been described in previously vitrectomized eyes. Methods: Retrospective, descriptive, non-comparative study including eyes that underwent 23G...

Media not available due to technical recording problems. EVRS is very sorry for the inconvenience.   Introduction: Macular edema is one of the main causes of severe vision loss in patients with diabetic retinopathy. In the presence of hard exudates, the prognosis is frequently unfavorable. Setting: Ophthalmology Department, Hospital de Braga, Portugal. Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efïcacy of suprachoroidal drug delivery with a...

To compare anatomical outcomes, visual acuity results and secondary epirretinal membrane formation rates in patients with macula-off retinal detachment with or without peeling of the internal limiting membrane (ILM). Retrospective study including all patients who underwent vitrectomy for macula-off retinal detachment during the year 2012 in our department. Patients were divided in 2 groups according to whether the ILM was peeled or not. ILM...

Advantages: To describe a new surgical technique for macular hole closure using a patch of internal limiting membrane for persisting macular holes who have underwent pars plana vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peeling. Methods: Six eyes of 6 patients presented to our hospital with persistent macular holes after having underwent pars plana vitrectomy, internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling and gas tamponade. All patients...

Advantages: Inverted ILM flap technique can achieve good anatomical and functional success in large, long standing macular holes or in non idiopathic macular holes (as macular holes related to myopia, post vitrectomy for retinal detachment or post ocular trauma). Methods: Since July 2009 inverted ILM flap technique has been performed in macular hole with poor anatomical prognosis. ILM is incompletly peeled around the border of the hole...

Media not available due to technical recording problems. EVRS is very sorry for the inconvenience.   Advantages: To describe our technique of creating an accessory light source to perform pars plana vitrectomy using a light pipe and an infusion line from two different manufacturing companies (Alcon® and B&L®). Methods: We explain step-by-step with a video how to create this device. Effectiveness / Safety: This procedure allows...

Advantages: Myopic traction maculopathy (MTM), also known as myopic foveoschisis, describes the schisis-like thickening in the outer layers of highly myopic eyes with posterior staphyloma. Other findings may also include inner retinal fluid, foveal detachment, and lamellar or full-thickness macular holes followed by progressive retinal detachment. Suprachoroidal buckling (SCB) procedure is a new approach for treating MTM by creating...