Showing papers by "Gary C. Brown published in 1988"
TL;DR: In each of three phakic eyes, a full-thickness macular hole developed after scleral buckling surgery for repair of a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment after presumed predisposing factors included retinal ischemia in the central fovea due to separation of the retina from the choroidal vascular supply and vitreomacular traction.
Abstract: In each of three phakic eyes, a full-thickness macular hole developed after scleral buckling surgery for repair of a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Presumed predisposing factors included retinal ischemia in the central fovea due to separation of the retina from the choroidal vascular supply and vitreomacular traction.
60 citations
TL;DR: The authors report a 70-year-old man who presented with a combined obstruction of both the central retinal artery and the lateral posterior ciliary artery that spontaneously reperfused after 4 days of documented ischemia that improved visual acuity with the re-establishment of normal retinal and choroidal blood flow.
Abstract: The authors report a 70-year-old man who presented with a combined obstruction of both the central retinal artery and the lateral posterior ciliary artery that spontaneously reperfused after 4 days of documented ischemia. Despite this prolonged period of decreased perfusion, visual acuity improved from light perception to 20/30 with the re-establishment of normal retinal and choroidal blood flow as documented with intravenous fluorescein angiography. The theory of retinal tolerance time to obstruction of the central retinal artery and its bearing on possible therapeutic interventions are discussed. RETINA 8:257-260, 1988
49 citations
TL;DR: The clinical, fluorescein angiographic, and histopathologic features of a prepapillary vascular loop are described in a patient whose eye was obtained postmortem, finding the vascular loop communicated with the retinal arterial system and did not have an internal elastic lamina.
Abstract: The clinical, fluorescein angiographic, and histopathologic features of a prepapillary vascular loop are described in a patient whose eye was obtained postmortem. The prepapillary vascular loop communicated with the retinal arterial system and did not have an internal elastic lamina. It was supported by a connective tissue sheath that was lined by a cellular lamina. The cellular lamina was continuous with the inner retina, isolating the vascular loop from the vitreous. The histologic findings were correlated with the clinical examination and fluorescein angiography. RETINA 8:55-58, 1988.
20 citations
TL;DR: The results indicate that with improved surgical techniques, the incidence of vitrectomy complications is decreasing and the number of eyes lost because of neovascular glaucoma is decreasing.
Abstract: One hundred consecutive patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy underwent vitrectomy for nonclearing vitreous hemorrhage. Eighty-two had significantly improved vision; nine had no improvement in vision; and nine had complications which resulted in permanent loss of vision. Only three eyes lost vision because of neovascular glaucoma. Our results indicate that with improved surgical techniques, the incidence of vitrectomy complications is decreasing.
17 citations