PURPOSE: To report the rate of ultrasonically visible vitreous incarceration and longitudinal changes of incarcerated vitreous in pars @entity2444 after conventional suturing or sutureless technique using ultrasound biomicroscopy. METHODS: Twenty-five consecutive eyes (25 @entity1 ) undergoing primary three-port pars plana vitrectomy participated. The first 16 pars plana vitrectomies were performed with standard conventional sutured sclerotomies, and the following nine pars plana vitrectomies were performed with modified sutureless sclerotomies. @entity1 demographics, diagnoses, procedures, and complications were recorded. Each @entity1 had ultrasound biomicroscopy performed 1 week before surgery, and also after surgery at 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 4 weeks, 2 months, 3 months, and 6 months. Visible vitreous incarceration was graded as 0 to 3. RESULTS: Vitreous incarceration was seen in 41 of 48 sclerotomies (85.4%) in the conventionally sutured group, and in 23 of 27 sclerotomies (85.2%) in the sutureless group, with no significant difference in severity among sclerotomies within each group and between the two groups. There was a significant difference in the rate of vitreous incarceration between @entity6 @entity1 with @entity989 and others (P =.002). No progressive change of visible vitreous incarceration was noted in any eye during the 6-month postoperative period. No sclerotomy-related complications occurred during the study period. CONCLUSIONS: Ultrasound biomicroscopy showed no difference in the amount of visible vitreous incarceration in conventionally sutured or sutureless sclerotomies. There was no visible longitudinal change in the incarcerated vitreous during the 6 months of follow-up in uncomplicated cases.

Ultrasound biomicroscopy of conventional and sutureless pars XXXX : a comparative and longitudinal study.

@entity2444 :: ('MESH:D007873', 'Disease') :: ['plana sclerotomies'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'Patient'] @entity6 :: ('MESH:D003920', 'Disease') :: ['diabetic'] @entity989 :: ('MESH:D012164', 'Disease') :: ['proliferative retinopathy']
@entity2444 :: (MESH:D007873,Disease) :: ['plana sclerotomies']
