Adolescent ; Adult ; Eye Diseases ; chemically induced ; prevention & control ; therapy ; Fisheries ; Gas Poisoning ; etiology ; prevention & control ; therapy ; Humans ; Hydrogen Sulfide ; poisoning ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Young Adult

An animal experiment was done to evaluate the efficacy of tissue coating with sodium hyaluronic acid and subconjunctival injection of triamcinolone acetate in reducing the severity of postoperative adhesions following strabismus surgery. Experimental animals underwent a mild traumatic surgical procedure in one superior rectus muscle and a severe traumatic surgical procedure in the other superior rectus muscle. Each group was divided into control group, sodium hyaluronate coating group and triamcinolone acetonide injection group. Grading the severity of adhesions through surgical exploration of operative sites and histological comparison after 4 weeks revealed a significant reduction of postoperative adhesions in sodium hyaluronate group compared with control group under conditions of severe surgical trauma. But triamcinolone groups have no significant differences compared with control groups by statistical analysis. Tissue protection afforded by sodium hyaluronate may lead to an effective method which minimizes the surgical trauma to the tissues and reduces the postsurgical adhesions following strabismus surgery.
Animals ; Eye Diseases/etiology/*prevention & control ; Hyaluronic Acid/administration & dosage/*therapeutic use ; Injections ; Oculomotor Muscles/pathology ; Postoperative Complications/prevention & control ; Rabbits ; Strabismus/*surgery ; Tissue Adhesions/prevention & control ; Triamcinolone Acetonide/administration & dosage/therapeutic use ; Wound Healing

Eighteen eyes with vitreous strands adherent to the corneoscleral wounds of previous cataract surgery were treated with neodymium: YAG laser to lyse those strands. Twelve eyes were treated for management of cystoid macular edema (CME group); six eyes were treated for prophylaxis of possible CME (prophylactic group). In the CME group, visual acuity improved two or more lines in nine eyes (75.0%), and seven eyes had a post laser visual acuity of 0.5 or better (One eye had a pre-treatment visual acuity of 0.5 or better). In the prophylactic group, visual acuity was either maintained at the pre-treatment visual acuity of 0.5 or better. In the prophylactic group, visual acuity was either maintained at the pre-treatment level or improved in five eyes (83.3%) 18 months later following laser treatment. This procedure was complicated by retinal detachment in one case and the elevation of intraocular pressure over 10 mmHg in another case.
Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Cataract Extraction/adverse effects ; Eye Diseases/etiology/surgery ; Female ; Humans ; *Laser Therapy ; Macular Edema/prevention & control/*surgery ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Visual Acuity ; Vitreous Body/*surgery