Lagophthalmos is a common observed complication of some lesions in the upper eyelid. The technique "allongement of elevator muscle" performed in 12 patients with lagophthalmos. This is simple technique that allows a effective reconstruction of the retraction of the upper eyelid and seems particularly useful in context of medium retraction. Very satisfactory esthetic and functional results obtained in almost patients.
Surgery ; Eye Diseases ; therapeutics

Adult ; Eye Injuries ; surgery ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Occupational Diseases ; surgery ; Vitrectomy

Animals ; Eye Diseases ; parasitology ; surgery ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Sparganosis ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Sparganum

Myiasis is most prevalent in Mexico, central and south America, tropical Africa, and the southwestern United States. Although dermal myiasis is rare in most of the United States, it is a disorder that may be seen in international travelers. In the United States, external myiasis is usually caused by the cattle botfly. We report here a case of ophthalmomyiasis involving the left upper eyelid of a child. We examined a six-year-old boy who presented to the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI) in September 1998. He complained of persistent swelling of his left upper eyelid for the previous ten days. The edema and erythema were unresponsive to warm compresses and oral antibiotics. Ocular examination revealed a mild preseptal cellulitis of the left upper eyelid with a small draining fistula. On slit-lamp examination, we found one larva protruding intermittently from the fistula site. The larva was extracted with forceps, wrapped in a moist towel and sent in a jar to the parasitology laboratory. The specimen was identified as a Cuterebra larva by a parasitologist at the Harvard School of Public Health. One week later, the patient's eyelid edema and erythema had completely resolved.
Animal ; Case Report ; Child ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Diptera* ; Eye Infections, Parasitic*/surgery ; Eye Infections, Parasitic*/parasitology ; Eye Infections, Parasitic*/diagnosis ; Eyelid Diseases/surgery ; Eyelid Diseases/parasitology* ; Eyelid Diseases/diagnosis ; Eyelids/parasitology* ; Human ; Larva ; Male ; Myiasis*/surgery ; Myiasis*/parasitology ; Myiasis*/diagnosis

Six patients with exfoliation syndrome were seen in our glaucoma clinic. Four patients presented unilateral ocular involvement and the other 2 patients were bilaterally involved. Eight eyes had exfoliation material on the anterior surface of the lens and pupillary border, and 7 eyes exhibited it on the anterior chamber angle. Sampaolesi`s line was detected in 4 eyes. Five patients (6 eyes) of 6 patients (8 eyes) with exfoliation exhbited an elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) exceeding 21 mmHg. Among them, 3 patients (3 eyes) had an extremely high maximum IOP over 47 mmHg, and 2 patients (3 eyes) had a slightly elevated IOP less than 26 mmHg during the follow-up period. Argon laser trabeculoplasty (ALT) was performed twice on each unilateral eye of the 2 patients on whom the inital trabeculectomy failed. However, longterm IOP control after laser treatment was not obtained in either case, which might be due to the extremely high prelaser lOP level, in exoess of 40 mmHg.
Aged ; Anterior Eye Segment/*physiopathology/surgery ; Eye Diseases/diagnosis/*physiopathology/surgery ; Female ; Glaucoma/physiopathology/surgery ; Humans ; Intraocular Pressure ; Korea ; Laser Therapy ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Trabeculectomy

A five-month-old female Shih-tzu puppy was presented for repair of congenital choristoma in left eye. The patient was suffered from chronic epiphora and ocular discharge during 3 months. On ophthalmic examination, left eye revealed hyperemia in conjunctiva of the temporal canthus due to choristoma with hair. At surgery, the choristoma invaded by stromal layer of the cornea, and extended to limbus and conjunctiva. Based on the anatomical location and histopathological features of the removed tissue, the choristoma was diagnosed as corneal dermoid.
Animals ; Choristoma/surgery/*veterinary ; Corneal Diseases/surgery/*veterinary ; Dermoid Cyst/surgery/*veterinary ; Dog Diseases/*surgery ; Dogs ; Eye Neoplasms/surgery/*veterinary ; Female ; Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures/methods/veterinary

PURPOSE: To evaluate the change of axial length (AL), intraocular pressure (IOP), and corneal astigmatism after scleral shortening with scleral invagination in the rabbit eye. METHODS: The authors performed scleral shortening (3 mm) with scleral invagination in two groups of 6 eyes each: 180 degrees (group 1) and 360 degrees (group 2). RESULTS: Average AL shortening was more prominent in group 2 (0.5 +/- 0.17 mm) than in group 1 (0.37 +/- 0.29 mm), but the difference was not statistically significant. IOP increased immediately after the procedure and was maintained at a high level through 2 months postoperatively. Induced corneal astigmatism was more prominent in group 1 than in group 2. The difference was statistically significant in group 1 (p< 0.05) but not in group 2. CONCLUSIONS: In the scleral shortening with scleral invagination procedure, a large amount of scleral invagination resulted in more shortening of axial length, but there was more corneal astigmatism in 180-degree invagination of the sclera than in 360-degree. Further research is required to determine the effect of the extent of scleral invagination on the change of these values.
Animals ; Astigmatism/*etiology ; Corneal Diseases/*etiology ; Eye/*pathology ; *Intraocular Pressure ; Postoperative Period ; Rabbits ; Sclera/*surgery

OBJECTIVE: This study determined the risk of postoperative visual loss and the factors affecting the decrease in visual acuity in patients with advanced glaucoma who underwent trabeculectomy or combined cataract surgery. METHODS: Charts of patients with advanced glaucoma who underwent trabeculectomy or combined cataract surgery were reviewed for the following parameters: visual acuity (VA), intraocular pressure (IOP), and visual-field indices of the Humphrey perimetry. Eyes that lost 2 or more Snellen lines or worsened one category two months after surgery were identified. Central vision was lost (wipeout) when best corrected VA was less than 20/200, characterized as a sudden, permanent, and unexplained visual loss within 2 months post-operatively. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) determined the differences between groups and logistic regression analyzed the factors affecting the decrease in visual acuity postoperatively. RESULTS: Ninety-eight eyes of 92 patients aged 18 years and older were included in the study. The incidence of postoperative visual loss 2 months after surgery was 20 percent (20/98), of which 3 percent (3/98) was considered "wipeout." Factors affecting the decrease in VA postoperatively include the presence of surgical complications (p = 0.04) and increase in postoperative IOP at two months (p = 0.05). CONCLUSION: The incidence of wipeout among patients with advanced glaucoma who underwent trabeculectomy or combined cataract surgery is low and generally occurs in patients with central-splitting fixation. Surgical complications play a major role in causing postoperative decrease in VA.
Human ; Young Adult ; Adolescent ; GLAUCOMA ; TRABECULECTOMY ; CATARACT ; SURGERY ; RISK FACTORS ; VISUAL ACUITY ; EYE DISEASES ; CATARACT EXTRACTION

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the rarely reported ocular complications following surgery of chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) and explore the possible mechanisms. METHOD: The clinical data of 4,012 cases of CSOM treated with surgery were analyzed retrospectively, including age, sex, operation time, surgical approach, time of ocular symptoms presentation, duration of ocular symptoms, treatment and prognosis. RESULT: Among the 4,012 cases, 109 patients (2.72%) developed ocular complication, of which 68.81% (75/109) suffered from blurred vision, 24.77% (27/109) presented only erythema on eyelids or mild periorbital edema, 4.59% (5/109) had erythema on eyelids with periorbital edema, and 1.83% (2/109) complained of periorbital ecchymosis and edema. All of these complications recovered themselves without any sequela. CONCLUSION Ocular complications following surgery of CSOM are rarely reported. Pre-auricular incision and fascia harvesting, turbulence of venous and lymphatic drainage and preseptal cellulitis might be the risk factors. Blurred vision might be associated with eye injury during surgery and the use of anticholinergic agent.
Chronic Disease ; Eye Diseases ; Humans ; Otitis Media, Suppurative ; surgery ; Postoperative Complications ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors

Inferior oblique myectomies or Z-myotomies were performed on 159 eyes of 121 patients who had an overacting inferior oblique muscle or muscles. The results were as follows; 1. Success rates were 95.5% in myectomy and 71.4% in Z-myotorny. 2. Recurrence rates were 2.7% in myectomy and 14.3% in Z-myotomy. 3. There were no other complications to include the adherence syndrome.
Adolescent ; Age Factors ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Eye Diseases/*surgery ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Infant ; Oculomotor Muscles/*surgery ; Strabismus/complications