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- Title
Posterior-Segment Surgeries with a Two-Port Modified Multiport Illumination System.
- Authors
Hamdi Er; Penpegül Frat
- Abstract
AbstractPurpose:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a modified two-port multiport illumination system (MIS) in different vitreoretinal surgeries. Patients and Methods:Sixty-one patients had undergone pars plana vitrectomy for complications of retinal diseases with the modified MIS. Only two-port pars plana vitrectomy was performed with the MIS. Visual acuity, intraoperative and postoperative complications, intraocular pressure and the retinal reattachment rate were evaluated. The mean follow-up time was 3 months (range 1–6 months). Results:Visual acuity was stabilized in 40 (65.5) of 61 eyes, improved in 15 eyes (24.5) and deteriorated in 6 eyes (9.8). No intraoperative complications occurred. Postoperative complications were hypotony in 12 eyes, rehemorrhage in 2 eyes and choroidal detachment in 1 eye. Five cases required conversion to standard three-port vitrectomy. Mean overall preoperative and postoperative intraocular pressures were 17.4 and 11.9 mm Hg, respectively. Conclusion:Despite some limitations the modified MIS with two-port sclerotomy is a good, comfortable and safe option for posterior-segment surgeries.Copyright © 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
PARS plana; VITRECTOMY; RETINAL surgery; VISUAL acuity; SURGICAL complications
- Publication
Ophthalmologica, 2008, Vol 222, Issue 3, p145
- ISSN
0030-3755
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000126075