PURPOSE: to evaluate the long-term results of the prophylactic use of Mitomycin C in inhibiting haze formation after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for high myopia. METHODS: This retrospective, descriptive and longitudinal study comprised 59 eyes (30 patients). The inclusion criteria were a spherical equivalent correction over -4,00 diopters, corneal thickness greater than 480 µm, no prior surgery, ocular trauma and ocular and systemic diseases. After PRK, the eyes were treated with a single intraoperative dose of MMC 0.02% applied topically with a […]

The adult lacrimal obstruction can be congenital or acquired. In the case of the acquired form, the etiology classifies in not-specific (it involves the coating epithelium and/or the vascular plexus submucosae of the lacrimal duct) and specific (infections, inflammations, tumours and iatrogenies). The diagnosis is established by means of the anamnesis and clinical evaluation based on semiology of the lacrimal sack. The patients with lacrimal obstruction present epiphora, acute pains and swelling, mostly in the region of the lacrimal sack […]

POURPOSE: To demonstrate an improvement in paralytic lagophthalmos surgical treatment complications and aesthetic results by covering the gold weight implants with the levator palpebrae muscle aponeurosis. METHODS:We studied a case series of twenty nine patients presenting idiopatic facial palsy with more than 4 years of clinical evolution, submitted to paralytic lagophthalmos surgical treatment using a modification of the technique of gold weight implantation covered by the aponeurosis of the levator palpebrae superioris muscle (Gladstone, 1996) between June 1997 and December […]

The primary congenital entropion of the superior eyelid is more infrequent than the one of the inferior eyelid. The premature diagnosis of this deformity in newborns, although difficult, is very necessary because implies an immediate surgical correction as it is a condition that does not recover spontaneously even leading to corneal ulceration with disastrous consequences for the vision. Many surgical techniques have been described to correct this malformation. The analysis and confrontation of the pre, per and postoperative data of […]

The authors relate an uncommon complication of retinopexy with encircling scleral buckle employing Arruga Suture, that has evolved to scleral erosion and intraocular damage.