Safety of 23 Gauge Transconjunctival Sutureless 3 Port Pars Plana Vitrectomy for Vitreoretinal Diseases

Material and Methods: A prospective study was conducted at the Institute of Ophthalmology, Mayo Hospital Lahore from July 2010 to December 2010. All patients were admitted in the eye ward from the outpatients department. Total 30 patients were included in the study. Male to female ratio was 70:30. Mean age of patients was 45.5 years. Those included had idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ERM), diabetic vitreous hemorrhage, traumatic vitreous haemorrhage, vitreous haemorrhage secondary to Eale’s disease, diabetic macular edema, macular hole, Diabetic (tractional retinal detachment) TRD and dislocated lens. Outcome measures were recorded at baseline, 1 day, 1 week and 1 month, 2 months and 3 months post operatively. Applanation tonometery, intra & post-operative complications, ancillary tests such as ocular coherence tomography (OCT) and ultrasound were done as required.

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