Purpose: To report a case of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with a high risk of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) effectively treated with episcleral surgery and an intravitreal dexamethasone 0.7-mg implant. Methods: A 35-year-old Caucasian man with a macula-off rhegmatogenous subtotal retinal detachment that had persisted for 1 month in his myopic left eye presented several risk factors that could have led to the development of PVR after retinal detachment surgery. His best corrected visual acuity was hand motion. He received an intravitreal dexamethasone 0.7-mg implant (Ozurdex®) after episcleral surgery to prevent this complication. Results: At least 9 months after surgery, no sign of PVR or pucker has developed in the treated eye. Visual acuity improved to 0.2, the retina was attached and no complications were observed. Conclusion: Intravitreal dexamethasone 0.7-mg implant (Ozurdex) could be considered as off-label treatment following episcleral surgery to prevent PVR.

We report the case of a 62-year-old woman with a history of vitreoretinal surgery for vitreous hemorrhage secondary to central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). Because of the persistence of macular edema (ME), she received 2 intravitreal injections of bevacizumab 0.5 mg (Avastin®, Genentech/Roche) three months after vitrectomy, without functional or anatomical improvement. Six months after vitrectomy, she therefore received an intravitreal implant of dexamethasone 0.7 mg (Ozurdex®). An improvement in her best-corrected visual acuity and central macular thickness, as measured by optical coherence tomography, was detected 7 days after the injection, and complete resolution of the ME and retinal hemorrhages was observed 6 months after the injection. Dexamethasone intravitreal implant might be an effective treatment option in ME secondary to CRVO, also in vitrectomized eyes.

Purpose: To report the effective treatment of radiation macular edema following ruthenium-106 plaque brachytherapy for a choroidal melanoma with a dexamethasone 0.7-mg (Ozurdex®) intravitreal implant. Methods: An interventional case report with optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans. Results: A 65-year-old Caucasian woman was suffering from radiation macular edema following ruthenium-106 plaque brachytherapy for a choroidal melanoma on her left eye. She had undergone one intravitreal injection of 0.5 mg bevacizumab (Avastin®, Genentech/Roche) in the following months without functional or anatomical improvement. Seven months after the development of radiation macular edema, she received a single intravitreal injection of dexamethasone 0.7 mg (Ozurdex). Four weeks following the injection, her best-corrected visual acuity improved from 0.3 to 0.5. Radiation macular edema resolved with a reduction of central retinal thickness from 498 µm before Ozurdex injection to 224 µm after Ozurdex injection, as measured by OCT scan. Conclusion: Dexamethasone 0.7 mg (Ozurdex) has proven to be an effective treatment option in retinal vein occlusion and noninfectious uveitis. It can also be considered as off-label treatment in radiation macular edema following ruthenium-106 plaque brachytherapy for a choroidal melanoma.

To assess the pain intensity of two intracameral anesthetic solutions in patients undergoing cataract surgery and evaluate the factors influencing the patients' postoperative activities. Methods: Sixty-two patients undergoing cataract surgery were randomized to receive the study druga manufactured solution of 0.02% tropicamide/0.31% phenylephrine/1% lidocaine (Mydrane) or a traditional anesthetic formulation-solution of 1% lidocaine/ 0.025% adrenaline as an intraocular anesthetic. The pain intensity was assessed by Visual Analog Scale for Pain (VAS Pain) and Brief Pain Inventory-short form (BPI) on the next day after the surgery. Results: The mean pain score measured preoperatively with VAS Pain was 0.34 in Mydrane group and 0.09 in the reference group (p = 0.51). There were no statistically significant differences between the two anesthetic methods with respect to pain intensity during the surgery (p = 0.94) and the influence of pain during the last 24 h on activity (p = 0.79), mood (p = 0.31), social contacts (p = 0.29), sleep (p = 0.5) and the joy of life (p = 0.39). Additionally, there was no statistically significant influence of age, sex, lateralization, co-existing ophthalmological diseases (p = 0.98) and post-operative complications (p = 0.4) on the experienced pain measured during the surgery and in the last 24 h. Conclusions: New commercially available intraocular anesthetic solution (Mydrane™) seems to be as effective as off-label traditional anesthetic formulation, in reducing the pain experienced during cataract surgery under topical anesthesia.