·AIM:To describe a case in which vitrectomy was required for vitreous hemorrhage and fibrovascular proliferation after laser-induced chorioretinal venous anastomosis (LCVA) for non-ischemic central retinal vein o...·AIM:To describe a case in which vitrectomy was required for vitreous hemorrhage and fibrovascular proliferation after laser-induced chorioretinal venous anastomosis (LCVA) for non-ischemic central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO).·METHODS:Observational case report.·RESULTS:A 72-year-old man complained of central scotoma in the left eye,and was diagnosed as suffering from non-ischemic CRVO.LCVA was performed in another hospital.Although favorable visual function was briefly maintained postoperatively,severe vitreous hemorrhage developed in his left eye,necessitating vitrectomy.·CONCLUSION:Considering that LCVA carries a risk of serious complications,we must apply this treatment with caution,especially in ethnic groups,such as the Japanese,in whom pigmentation reacts to photocoagulation excessively.·展开更多
To provide quantitative feedback on surgical progress to ophthalmologists practicing inner limiting membrane(ILM)peeling,we developed an artificial eye module comprising a quartz crystal resonator(QCR)force sensor and...To provide quantitative feedback on surgical progress to ophthalmologists practicing inner limiting membrane(ILM)peeling,we developed an artificial eye module comprising a quartz crystal resonator(QCR)force sensor and a strain body that serves as a uniform force transmitter beneath a retinal model.Although a sufficiently large initial force must be loaded onto the QCR force sensor assembly to achieve stable contact with the strain body,the highly sensitive and wide dynamic-range property of this sensor enables the eye module to detect the slight forceps contact force.A parallel-plate strain body is used to achieve a uniform force sensitivity over the 4-mm-diameter ILM peeling region.Combining these two components allowed for a measurable force range of 0.22 mN to 29.6 N with a sensitivity error within−11.3 to 4.2%over the ILM peeling area.Using this eye module,we measured the applied force during a simulation involving artificial ILM peeling by an untrained individual and compensated for the long-term drift of the obtained force data using a newly developed algorithm.The compensated force data clearly captured the characteristics of several types of motion sequences observed from video recordings of the eye bottom using an ophthalmological microscope.As a result,we succeeded in extracting feature values that can be potentially related to trainee skill level,such as the mean and standard deviation of the pushing and peeling forces,corresponding,in the case of an untrained operator,to 122.6±95.2 and 20.4±13.2 mN,respectively.展开更多
文摘·AIM:To describe a case in which vitrectomy was required for vitreous hemorrhage and fibrovascular proliferation after laser-induced chorioretinal venous anastomosis (LCVA) for non-ischemic central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO).·METHODS:Observational case report.·RESULTS:A 72-year-old man complained of central scotoma in the left eye,and was diagnosed as suffering from non-ischemic CRVO.LCVA was performed in another hospital.Although favorable visual function was briefly maintained postoperatively,severe vitreous hemorrhage developed in his left eye,necessitating vitrectomy.·CONCLUSION:Considering that LCVA carries a risk of serious complications,we must apply this treatment with caution,especially in ethnic groups,such as the Japanese,in whom pigmentation reacts to photocoagulation excessively.·
文摘To provide quantitative feedback on surgical progress to ophthalmologists practicing inner limiting membrane(ILM)peeling,we developed an artificial eye module comprising a quartz crystal resonator(QCR)force sensor and a strain body that serves as a uniform force transmitter beneath a retinal model.Although a sufficiently large initial force must be loaded onto the QCR force sensor assembly to achieve stable contact with the strain body,the highly sensitive and wide dynamic-range property of this sensor enables the eye module to detect the slight forceps contact force.A parallel-plate strain body is used to achieve a uniform force sensitivity over the 4-mm-diameter ILM peeling region.Combining these two components allowed for a measurable force range of 0.22 mN to 29.6 N with a sensitivity error within−11.3 to 4.2%over the ILM peeling area.Using this eye module,we measured the applied force during a simulation involving artificial ILM peeling by an untrained individual and compensated for the long-term drift of the obtained force data using a newly developed algorithm.The compensated force data clearly captured the characteristics of several types of motion sequences observed from video recordings of the eye bottom using an ophthalmological microscope.As a result,we succeeded in extracting feature values that can be potentially related to trainee skill level,such as the mean and standard deviation of the pushing and peeling forces,corresponding,in the case of an untrained operator,to 122.6±95.2 and 20.4±13.2 mN,respectively.
