OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to examine the incidence of, and risk factors for, epiretinal membrane (ERM) surgery after an initial pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). METHODS: The records of consec...
OBJECTIVES: We compared the effects of sub-Tenon's capsule anesthesia (STA) and trans-Tenon's capsule retrobulbar anesthesia (TTRBA) in 68 patients with epiretinal membrane. METHODS: Either STA or TTRBA was induced with 3 mL of lidocaine (2%) befo...
Miyata R   Kondo M   Kato K   Sugimoto M   Matsubara H   Ikesugi K   Ueno S   Yasuda S   Terasaki H   
Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging Retina 44(5) 483-486 2013年9月
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The authors developed a new technique for retrobulbar anesthesia and compared it with the conventional transcuta-neous method in 223 eyes undergoing vitrectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In the new technique, a 24-mm-long 19-...
Purpose. MaQaid (MaQ) is a new triamcinolone acetonide commercialised in Japan to visualize the vitreous. Because MaQ is preservative-free, it has a lower risk of ocular toxicities. However, since MaQ is only available as a powder, it needs suspen...