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Assessment of diagnostic and therapeutic vitrectomy for vitreous opacity associated with uveitis with various etiologies.
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- Diagnostic and therapeutic impact of PCR in uveitis: real-world data from intraocular fluid analysis of 45 uveitis patients in a tertiary referral center in Turkey.BMC ophthalmology · 2026Article
- The Impact of Vitreoretinal Surgery in Patients with Uveitis: Current Strategies and Emerging Perspectives.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Management of presumed trematode-induced granulomatous intermediate uveitis.Eye (London, England) · 2023Article
- Vitreoretinal surgery in the management of infectious and non-infectious uveitis - a narrative review.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2023Review
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- Gliotic opaque posterior hyaloid membrane separation: report of two cases.BMC ophthalmology · 2021Article
- Clinical Features of Japanese Patients with Ocular Inflammation and Their Surgical Procedures Over the Course of 20 Years.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Article
- [Pharmacological treatment strategies and surgical options for uveitis].Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft · 2019Review
- Sarcoid uveitis: A case report and systematic review of literature.Advances in ophthalmology practice and researchArticle
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Vitreous opacity (VO) is a common feature of intermediate uveitis, posterior uveitis, and panuveitis. Fundus observation is critical for determining the etiology of uveitis, however, is often interfered with VO. In these clinical settings, vitrectomy contributes to a correct diagnosis and guides alternative management strategies. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic yield and surgical outcome of vitrectomy in uveitic patients with VO and compare the visual outcome between infectious and noninfectious uveitis. Forty-five eyes with uveitis-associated VO underwent diagnostic and therapeutic vitrectomy, and etiological diagnosis of uveitis was confirmed in 34 of 45 eyes (75.6%). The diagnoses were infectious uveitis in 13 eyes (28.9%), noninfectious uveitis in 21 eyes (46.7%), and unidentified uveitis in 11 eyes (24.4%). Visual acuity (VA) improvement rates at 6 months after surgery were 69.2%, 76.2%, and 90.9% in the infectious, noninfectious, and unidentified uveitis groups, with no significant difference among 3 groups. Significant decrease in inflammation score after vitrectomy was observed only in the infectious uveitis group. This study demonstrated that diagnostic vitrectomy for inflammatory eyes with VO of unknown etiology was effective in infectious and noninfectious uveitis, and the therapeutic effect of VA improvement was observed in both types of uveitis.
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