OCT-Angiography Findings in Children with Anisometropic Amblyopia.

Purpose: The purpose of this prospective study is to show findings of OCT angiography in children with anisometropic amblyopia with a statistically significant difference, regardless of the type of refractive disorder, between the amblyopic and the fellow eye. This research aimed to establish whether there is a difference in vascular density [VD] and size of the foveal avascular zone [FAZ] in the superficial capillary plexus [SCP].

Methods: All children between 9 and 18 years of age who were treated at the Outpatient Clinic for Orthoptics and Pleoptics of the Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Centre Maribor from January 2020 to December 2022 due to unilateral anisometric amblyopia were enrolled in our study.

Comparison of the Ocular Trauma Score and Pediatric Ocular Trauma Score as Two Prognostic Models in Pediatric Open Globe Injuries.

Aim: To compare the ocular trauma score (OTS) and the pediatric ocular trauma score (POTS) as prognostic models of visual outcome after open globe injury in children during a period of 19 years.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective study of 36 open globe injuries in 36 patients younger than 18 years was conducted from January 2000 to January 2019. For each case, OTS and POTS points were calculated.

[Cataract Surgery in Very Old Patients].

Background: In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of very old patients requiring a cataract operation. However, there is little information on the intraoperative complications and safety in these patients. For various reasons, operations on patients from age 85 may be demanding: dense nuclear cataract, narrow pupils, low count of endothelial cells, loose zonula, and other ocular or systemic diseases.

[Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomographic Findings in Systemic Lupus erythematosus in Patients Treated with Chloroquine].

Purpose: To recognise possible retinal changes in patients with SLE treated with chloroquine phosphate, as depending on the duration of treatment.

Methods: The study included 41 patients (82 eyes) who received treatment for SLE with chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine phosphate and had not previously been diagnosed with retinal pathology. Participants were divided into two groups according to the duration of treatment.

[Development of Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy in the Initially Unaffected Fellow Eye in Patients Treated with Systemic Corticosteroids].

The objective of this prospective pilot study was to evaluate the results of systemic corticosteroid therapy in patient with non-arteritic anterior ischaemic neuropathy of the optical nerve (NAION) for an observation period of one year and to measure the NAION incidence in the initially healthy contralateral eye of these patients. All patients diagnosed with acute NAION who were admitted to our ward during 2014 and who fulfilled all inclusion criteria for systemic corticosteroid therapy were included in the study. The inclusion criteria were corrected visual acuity of 0.

Psychometric testing of the Slovenian Person-centred Climate Questionnaire - staff version.

Aim: To test the psychometric properties of the Slovenian version of the Person-centred Climate Questionnaire - staff version.

Background: Person-centredness can be a quality care indicator, but there are no valid and reliable instruments in the Slovene language aimed at exploring the person-centred care climate from a nursing staff perspective.

Methods: Content validity based on expert agreement was evaluated by calculating content validity indices.

Single-cell analysis reveals IGF-1 potentiation of inhibition of the TGF-β/Smad pathway of fibrosis in human keratocytes in vitro.

Corneal wound healing is often affected by TGF-β-mediated fibrosis and scar formation. Guided fibrosis with IGF-1 and antifibrotic substances might maintain corneal transparency. Primary human corneal keratocytes under serum-free conditions were used as a model of corneal stromal wounding, with markers of corneal fibrosis and opacity studied under TGF-β2 stimulation.

Content validity, face validity and internal consistency of the Slovene version of Caring Factor Survey for care providers, caring for co-workers and caring of managers.

Background: Caring relationships are important for developing a caring culture. It is important that care provider's relationships with patients, co-workers and managers are caring relationships. However, in the Slovene language, there is a lack of psychometrically sound instruments to measure these caring relationships.

Prognostic factors of choroidal melanoma in Slovenia, 1986-2008.

Introduction: Choroidal melanoma is the most common primary malignancy of the eye, which frequently metastasizes. The Cancer Registry of Slovenia reported the incidence of choroid melanoma from 1983 to 2009 as stable, at 7.8 cases/million for men and 7.

Influence of cataract surgery on macular thickness: a 6-month follow-up.

Purpose: To determine long-term changes in macular thickness after cataract surgery.

Methods: Research work included 27 patients (27 eyes) who underwent uneventful cataract surgery with phacoemulsification and IOL implantation on one eye. Optical coherence tomography was used to obtain data of macular thickness before surgery and for patients who attended scheduled control measurement 1 month (22 patients), 3 months (23 patients), and 6 months (20 patients) after the surgery.

Corneal thickness in patients with age-related macular degeneration.

This observational study was designed to compare corneal thickness in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with the thickness in healthy control subjects to determine if there is a correlation between corneal thickness and the development of AMD. A total of 69 patients (119 eyes) with AMD and 31 healthy subjects (56 eyes) were evaluated. Corneal thickness was measured with a Galilei Dual Scheimpflug Analyser and retinal thickness was measured using optical coherence tomography.

Phacoemulsification in isolated endogenous Candida albicans anterior uveitis with lens abscess in an intravenous methadone user.

We report the clinical course of a 31-year-old former intravenous drug user on methadone substitution therapy who injected methadone mixed with orange juice. She developed isolated metastatic Candida albicans anterior uveitis, which was treated with adequate systemic and local antifungal therapy. The uveitis regressed, but despite adequate local and systemic treatment, a lens abscess developed.

[Posterior capsule opacification after phacoemulsification in patients with rheumatoid arthritis].

Purpose: To assess the posterior capsule opacification (PCO) rate after phacoemulsification with polyacrylic intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) compared with the controls, and to assess whether preoperative activity of RA is associated with a higher incidence of PCO.

Methods: 24 eyes of 20 RA patients operated in a period of 4 years were included in our study. A control group of 20 eyes from 20 health subjects were also included in our study.

Bilateral optic neuritis in a child following Epstein-Barr virus infection.

A rare case of bilateral optic neuritis is presented in a child with no light perception. Ophthalmic examination revealed dilated pupils without reaction to the light, swollen optic discs with small peripapillary hemorrhages in both eyes. Serology revealed evidence of recent Epstein-Barr virus infection.

[Reduction of retinal light sensitivity in diabetic patients].

Background: Visual field loss in diabetic patients has received comparatively little attention. The aim of the present study was firstly to assess the influence of type 2 diabetes mellitus on retinal light sensitivity in diabetic patients without signs of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and secondly to assess the association between visual field loss and the severity of nonproliferative DR.

Patients And Methods: 151 eyes of 151 diabetic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and 30 eyes of 30 healthy volunteers were included in our study.

[Efficacy of selective laser trabeculoplasty in the treatment of primary open-angle glaucoma].

Background: Our aim was to investigate the efficacy of selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) for the treatment of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in a prospective clinical study.

Patients And Methods: In 36 eyes of 36 patients suffering from uncontrolled POAG, treatment was carried out with a frequency-doubled, Q-switched Nd:YAG laser (532 nm). The intraocular pressure (IOP) was measured before the treatment and one day, one week, one month and 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42 and 48 months after.

Intraocular pressure after phacoemulsification with posterior chamber lens implantation in open-angle glaucoma.

Background: To evaluate changes in intraocular pressure (IOP) after phacoemulsification (Phaco) with posterior chamber lens (PC IOL) implantation in eyes with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) at least 2 years after surgery.

Patients And Methods: 19 eyes of 13 POAG patients who underwent uneventful clear cornea Phaco with PC IOL implantation and with follow-up of at least 2 years after surgery were included in this retrospective study. None of them had previous intraocular surgery or argon laser trabeculoplasty.