- ►bmj.com N Karia, A Laidlaw, J West, E Ezra, MZ Gregor - British Medical Journal, 2001 - bjo.bmj.com The success rates of surgery for full thickness macular holes (FTMH) have been
steadily improving. The procedure as originally described 1 consists of pars
plana vitrectomy, the separation of the posterior hyaloid cortex from the ... Cited by 23 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
V Kumar, S Banerjee, AV Loo, AB Callear, … - Eye(London. 1987), 2002 - cat.inist.fr Purpose Macular hole surgery usually involves gas tamponade which necessitates a
variable period of postoperative posturing in a face-down position. A number of
patients find this difficult or impossible for medical or social reasons. ... Cited by 14 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
JC Lai, SS Stinnett, BW McCuen - Ophthalmology, 2003 - Elsevier To compare anatomic and functional outcomes of macular hole surgery with either
silicone oil or C 3 F 8 gas tamponade. ... Fifty-four eyes of 51 patients
underwent pars plana vitrectomy for macular holes. Thirty-one eyes were ... Cited by 28 - Related articles - All 5 versions
GT Kokame, I Yamamoto - Ophthalmology, 2004 - Elsevier Dr Lai et al[1] studied anatomic and visual results of macular hole surgery
comparing intraocular gas (C 3 F 8 ) with facedown positioning for 2 weeks and
silicone oil with facedown positioning only on the evening of surgery. They ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - All 10 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] PR Simcock, S Scalia - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2001 - bjo.bmj.com METHODS A pilot study was performed on 20 patients (20 eyes) having
phacoemulsification lens removal and vitrectomy surgery with 20% C 2 F 6
tamponade. Patients were advised to avoid lying on their backs for 10 days ... Cited by 42 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
E Ezra, ZJ Gregor - Archives of Ophthalmology, 2004 - Am Med Assoc Results In total, 185 eyes of 174 patients were enrolled. In the observation
group, spontaneous closure of the FTMH occurred in 7 (11.5%) of 61 patients,
with little or no change in overall acuity levels in 24 months. In ... Cited by 27 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
G Pertile, C Claes - Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol, 1999 - ophthalmologia.be SUMMARY The purpose of this study is to evaluate the anato- mic and visual
outcomes, as well as the complica- tions, of macular hole surgery with SF6-gas
tampo- nade versus silicone-oil tamponade. Fifty-four (54) eyes with ... Cited by 20 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 3 versions
ME Tafoya, HM Lambert, L Vu, M Ding - Seminars in Ophthalmology, 2003 - informahealthcare.com Results. Data collected from 66 eyes from a retina only prac- tice (Retina and
Vitreous of Texas) were reviewed to assess visual outcomes of surgery with
silicone oil versus 14% C3F8 gas tamponade. 21 eyes were non-randomized to ... Cited by 12 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
A Salam, P Harrington, A Raj, A Babar - Eye (London, England), 2004 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 1: Eye. 2004 Jan;18(1):95-7. Comment on: Eye. 2002 Mar;16(2):121-5. Bilateral
Ulnar nerve palsies: an unusual complication of posturing ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
