[Possibilities of therapeutic photokeratotomy with the excimer laser in treatment of Schnyder crystalline corneal dystrophy].

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) in treating the Schnyder cristalline corneal dystrophy.

Methods: We examined the members of three generations of a family affected by Schnyder crystalline dystrophy. Two patients with disabling visual acuity were treated with PTK.

[Adjuvant treatment with mitomycin eyedrops after pterygium excision: Ticino experience].

Aim Of The Study: Prospective pilot-study in the canton of Ticino to evaluate the prevention of recurrence of pterygium after excision and mitomycin drops.

Methods: Mitomycin 0.02% drops have been used from 6 to 10 days after 24 cases of corneoscleral excision of the pterygium.

[Effect of mydriasis and cycloplegia on close-range visual acuity in pseudophakia].

We have studied 21 eyes of 17 patients which underwent 3 Months before a standard extracapsular cataract extraction and implantation into the sulcus of a posterior chamber lens. All the eyes had a final uncorrected far and near vision of 0.4 (20/50) or better.