Hemophthalmos
hat follows is a description of the surgical management of a case of hemophthalmos using the Fugo blade in surgical procedures that were unimaginable only a few years ago. The…
Thick Pupillary Membranes
urgical management of thick iridocapsular membranes is difficult. At times, these membranes may be so tough that it becomes difficult if not impossible to cut them with a capsulotomy needle,…
Encysted Metallic Intra-ocular Foreign Body in the Retina
case of a metal foreign body impacted in the retina and encysted in thick fibrous tissue is described below. CASE STUDY The patient had been injured 8 years previously while…
Ab Externo Pretenon Filtration
tenon capsule is like a hornets’ nest: disturb it and it strikes back. Most postsurgical complications after filtration procedures arise from the tenon capsule. The Fugo blade makes it possible…
Tenon Cyst
he proliferative fibrotic response of the tenon capsule leads to filtration failure. Keloid formation or “sclerification” of the subconjunctival connective tissue/tenon capsule can happen slowly over weeks or months, or…
Large Anterior Staphyloma
ungal, bacterial, or mixed corneal infections are common in poor countries. Corneal infections result from neglect of the infectious processes from the start and ineffectiveness of treatment once started. Partial…
Eales Disease
ales disease is an idiopathic obliterative vasculopathy that usually involves the peripheral retina in young adults. In 1880, Henry Eales first described it in healthy young men with abnormal retinal…
Pterygium Surgery
he pterygium may be operated on in many ways, but in each case, it must be removed from its bed and excised. Recurrent pterygia are more difficult to treat because…
Transciliary Filtration (Singh Filtration)
ransciliary filtration for intractable glaucoma” was first presented by Daljit Singh at the 1979 meeting of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom. In 2000, he successfully used the Fugo…
8-mm Capsulotomy
he phrase “8-mm capsulotomy” is only a general description. The description means that we create a capsulotomy much larger than a standard 5.5-mm capsulotomy (Fig. 20.1). The precise size of…
