PURPOSE: To evaluate the outcome and safety of phacoemulsification performed under topical anesthesiain cases with several complexities. METHODS: Cases performed under topical anesthesia from january 2009 to april 2011 were analyzed. Variables analyzed included patients age, sex, race, systemic diseases, eyes comorbidities, type of cataract, visual acuity before and after the surgery, complications, number of conversions to peribulbar anesthesia and IOL power. Patients with uncompleted data were excluded from analysis. RESULTS: A total of 111 eyes were analyzed; only cases […]

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the learning styles of fifth-year medical students who attended the ophthalmology course and to also determine the correlation with their academic performance. METHODS: Kolb’slearning style and neurolinguistic programming (NLP) questionnaires were applied and related tothe final grades obtained. The variables were analyzed using Pearson’s r test. RESULTS: I trevealed a relation between the variables of learning styles and academic performance (p < 0.05).According to Kolb’s model, students with better performance were […]

The authors relate a predominantly hemorrhagic choroidal neovascular lesion from neovascular. Age-related macular degeneration patient case treated with intravitreal ranibizumab therapy. Monthly ranibizumab (six intravitreal injections) displayed a promising response but this limited report is insufficient to guarantee the indication for all predominantly hemorrhagic choroidal neovascular lesion from neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Further studies will be necessary for complete validation of our results for all predominantly hemorrhagic choroidal neovascular lesions from CNV due to AMD.

Os autores apresentam um caso de paciente com lesão neovascular predominantemente hemorrágica com degeneração macular relacionada à idade, tratada mensalmente com injenções intravítrea com ranibizumab. Discutem sua evolução, que apesar da boa resposta terapêutica, necessita de maiores estudos para confirmação de seus resultados.

To describe the electrophysiological alterations in a very rare case of Oguchi’s disease. A 17-year-old italian girl complaining of night blindness underwent complete ophthalmological exams, including electrophysiological tests. Rod responses were nondetectable in full-field electroretinogram (ERG). The photopic ERG funtions, including the 30 Hz flicker ERG response was normal, while the scotopic b-wave was diminished in amplitude. The electrooculography (EOG) ratios within the normal range were 208% in the right eye and 222% in the left eye. The Mizuo-Nakamura phenomenon […]

Conjunctival cysts in anophthalmic socket may have functional and aesthetic implications for the patients.Among the available treatment options, the use of trichloroacetic acid is relatively recent. Our reported cases showed a good outcome after 30 days of treatment, that was well tolerated by patients, with greater conjunctival tissue preservation.

Saethre-Chotzen syndrome is a very rare congenital syndrome characterized by craniosynostosis. The incidence of it is around 1: 50,000 live births. Intelligence is usually normal, but a few affected individuals may have mild to moderate mental retardation. Children with Saethre-Chotzen syndrome should be evaluated by members of an experienced interdisciplinary team as treatment usually involves many different specialities. The strabismus surgery in these patients is difficult, because they usually have anomalous insertion and misdirection of the extraocular muscles. Imaging techniques […]

Adult foveomacular vitelliform dystrophy is a rare pathology. Less than 1% of the reported cases display perifoveal capillary permeability. The three-year follow-up period of the case revealed a rare form, which had not yet been documented. The patient was a 40-year-old female with normal visual acuity, and a minor complaint of metamorphopsia on the left eye. Retinography showed a perifoveal yellowish subretinal area OS.Angiography showed perifoveal leakage OS. Follow up showed that, over 3 years, capillary incompetence disappeared and the […]