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Pars plana vitrectomy and silicone oil tamponade for acute endophthalmitis trea...
Siqueira,Rubens Camargo; Gil,Aline Degasperi Cote; Canamary,Fabio; Minari,Mirian; Jorge,RodrigoPURPOSE: To evaluate the outcomes of pars plana vitrectomy and silicone oil injection for the treatment of infectious endophthalmitis. METHODS: 35 cases of endophthalmitis secondary to phacoemulsification (20 patients), trabeculectomy (8 patients), perforating trauma (2 patients), trauma (2 patients), corneal transplantation (1 patient), vitrectomy (1 patient) and corneal ulceration (1 patient) were retrospecti...
Intravenous sodium fluorescein enhances the visibility of vitreous during vitre...
Siqueira,Rubens Camargo; Jorge,Rodrigo; Canamary,FabioOBJECTIVE: To observe the effectiveness of intravenous sodium fluorescein visibility in the vitreous during vitrectomy surgery in patients with diabetic retinopathy. METHODS: Fourteen consecutive cases of vitreoretinal surgery for vitreous hemorrhage and tractional retinal detachment secondary to diabetic retinopathy underwent intravenous injection of sodium fluorescein to 20% 1 hour before the surgery. The ima...