ANALYSIS OF VASCULAR CHANGES OF FUNDUS IN BEHCET UVEITIS BY WIDEFIELD SWEPT SOURCE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY AND FUNDUS FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY

imagePurpose:

To investigate vascular changes of fundus in quiescent Behçet uveitis (BU) based on widefield swept source optical coherence tomography angiography and fluorescein angiography (FA).

Method:

This case–control study included 33 patients with quiescent BU (57 eyes)and 35 healthy people (60 eyes) as the control. All participants underwent the widefield swept source optical coherence tomography angiography, and patients with BU additionally underwent the FA. The quantitative analysis of the widefield swept source optical coherence tomography angiography assessed the vessel density of nine anatomical locations in the fundus. Vascular leakage and retinal nonperfusion on FA were assessed in patients with BU.

Results:

Compared with the control group using Mann–Whitney U test, patients with BU had enlargement of foveal avascular zone (P = 0.005, P = 0.04, respectively) and decreased vessel density within a 300 µm width around the foveal avascular zone (P = 0.001, P

IMPACT OF MACULAR INTRARETINAL HEMORRHAGE AND MACULAR HOLE ON THE VISUAL PROGNOSIS OF SUBMACULAR HEMORRHAGE DUE TO RETINAL ARTERIAL MACROANEURYSM RUPTURE

imagePurpose:

To compare the effects of macular intraretinal hemorrhage (IRH) and macular hole (MH) on best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) after displacement of submacular hemorrhage (SMH) due to retinal arterial macroaneurysm (RAM) rupture.

Methods:

This multicenter retrospective study included 48 eyes with SMH due to RAM rupture. Cases underwent vitrectomy to displace SMH and were followed up for 6 months. We classified cases according to the presence of IRH and MH and compared the postoperative BCVA among the groups.

Results:

We classified the eyes into IRH(+)MH(+) group (10 eyes), IRH(+)MH(−) group (23 eyes), and IRH(−)MH(−) group (15 eyes). The postoperative BCVA was significantly worse in the IRH(+)MH(+) and IRH(+)MH(−) groups than in the IRH(−)MH(−) group (0.91 ± 0.41 in logarithm of the minimal angle of resolution units, Snellen equivalent 20/163, 0.87 ± 0.45, 20/148, and 0.18 ± 0.21, 20/30, respectively; P

ACUTE- AND DELAYED-ONSET ENDOPHTHALMITIS AFTER OPEN GLOBE INJURIES: Clinical Features and Visual Acuity Outcomes

imagePurpose:

The purpose of the study was to report the clinical features and best-corrected visual acuity outcomes in patients with acute- and delayed-onset endophthalmitis after open globe injuries.

Methods:

The study included a retrospective, comparative, consecutive case series of patients with endophthalmitis after open globe injury between January 2016 and October 2020 at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute.

Results:

Acute-onset endophthalmitis accounted for 16 of 20 cases (80%), and all cases were diagnosed at the initial examination. Delayed-onset endophthalmitis cases, occurring more than 2 weeks after injury, accounted for 4 of 20 cases (20%) and were because of Zone 1 wound leaks and infections. Factors associated with endophthalmitis included presence of a retained intraocular foreign body (11/20 [55%]) and delay of presentation >24 hours (15/20 [75%]) (P

POSTERIOR SCLERAL INDENTATION IN LONG AXIAL LENGTH EYES (AXIAL LENGTH MORE THAN 34 mm) TO ASSIST IN PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY AND INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE PEELING IN FULL-THICKNESS MACULAR HOLES

Purpose:

To assess a novel surgical technique to perform macular surgery in high myopic eyes, with axial lengths >34 mm, where standard-size intravitreal surgical instruments cannot reach the retinal surface during pars plana vitrectomy for interna…