Management of sequelae of septic arthritis of hip.

A nine years old boy, who had suffered septic arthritis at the age of two years and presented now with a limp, hip instability, leg length discrepancy. The patient was treated by adductor tenotomy and upper tibial pin traction. When head remnant reached the level of the acetabulum, open reduction and Pemberton osteotomy was done to achieve cover of the femoral head. The purpose of this report is to highlight the six years followup of reconstruction of sequale of septic arthritis of hip joint.

Surgical outcome for removal of subfoveal choroidal neovascular membranes in children.

OBJECTIVE: To asses the surgical outcome of subfoveal choroidal neovascular membranes in children. METHODS: Two eyes with Best disease and one with idiopathic subfoveal choroidal neovascular membrane underwent vitrectomy and extraction of the subfoveal neovascular membrane. RESULTS: All the three eyes had significant improvement in their visual acuity and there was no recurrence of choroidal neovascular membrane. CONCLUSION: Surgical removal of subfoveal choroidal neovascular membrane in children carries good visual prognosis in selected cases.

Giant retinal tear and meningococcus endogenous endophthalmitis.

Giant retinal tear is seen in association with Stickler's syndrome, Marfan syndrome, homocystinurea and after ocular trauma. Although bacterial meningitis(1) is not common since the advent of various antibiotics, meningococcus is the second most common cause of bacterial meningitis. Endogenous endophthalmitis(2) remains a challenge to clinicians despite the success of antibiotics in reducing its frequency and severity. The association of giant retinal tear and meningococcal endogenous endophthalmitis is not yet reported in the literature. We report here on a 14-year-old girl who developed a giant retinal tear after meningococcal meningitis and endogenous endophthalmitis, and we discuss the possible factors of its cause.