[Current views on pathogenesis and treatment of neovascular glaucoma].

Neovascular glaucoma is a type of secondary glaucoma characterized by the most severe course, and ranking second among the causes of irreversible blindness. This review summarizes the results of numerous studies devoted to the search for prevention measures and the most effective treatment strategy. The main ways of preventing the development of neovascular glaucoma are timely diagnosis and elimination of ischemic processes in the retina, combined with adequate control of intraocular pressure and treatment of the underlying disease.

[New mathematical method for automating the analysis of fluorescein angiograms of the human fundus].

Unlabelled: Specific software for digital image analysis is essential for adequate analysis and objectification of ophthalmic images, assessment of the prevalence of the pathological process, as well as for planning the amount of necessary medical intervention in various diseases.

Purpose: To develop a method for automatic analysis of angiographic images of the fundus for early diagnosis of vascular disorders and complications in a number of ophthalmic diseases.

Material And Methods: Initial angiograms of patients (=117) with vascular eye diseases and in healthy condition were analyzed in automatic mode using a new mathematical approach to digital processing of fundus fluorescein angiograms based on a three-stage algorithm for extracting information from images.

[Effects of laser operations in the iris-lens diaphragm area on the thickness of the macular region and peripapillary nerve fiber layer].

Unlabelled: All methods of laser radiation therapy currently used in clinical practice are positioned as safe in terms of possible negative effects on the eye and surrounding tissues.

Purpose: To assess possible changes in the macular region of the retina and thickness of the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) according to the results of a dynamic study of OCT parameters after laser operations in the iris-lens diaphragm area.

Material And Methods: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) was performed on 34 pseudophakic patients (43 eyes) with clinical signs of secondary cataract with best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of at least 0.

[Retinal changes after laser interventions on anterior segment of the eyeball].

Laser surgery of the cornea, iris, angle of the anterior chamber and other parts of anterior segment of the eye sees wide application in clinical practice. The adverse effects it can cause in the anterior segment are well known and understood. At the same time, changes the treatment method can cause in the posterior segment of the eye - primarily, in macular area of the cornea, which is of great importance, have not been studied sufficiently.

[Transpupillary laser photocoagulation of ocular fundus: history, the present, and the future].

The present review covers the use of chorioretinal photocoagulation, which is now a popular treatment for many diseases of the ocular fundus. The review includes a detailed 50-year history of the technology with account to both Russian and foreign achievements. The current state of the field is shown through Russian and foreign literature data.

[Morphological and histochemical effects of subthreshold laser therapy on the chorioretinal complex].

A variety of subthreshold laser methods that enable selective and precise treatment of chorioretinal microstructures, thus decreasing the risk of negative changes in retina and choriocapillaries, is used in current ophthalmological practice. This comparative pathomorphological and histochemical study allowed characterizing structural changes and functional activity of chorioretinal cells after application of different subthreshold laser technologies.

[Comparative experimental study of morphological and histochemical changes of chorioretinal complex after subthreshold laser exposure].

The influence of several subthreshold laser procedures on chorioretinal complex (CRC) tissues was experimentally studied in rabbits using histological and histochemical methods. Subthreshold micropulse laser radiation and transpupillar thermotherapy were found to have the most attenuated and advantageous effect on CRC structure. The feature of subthreshold laser exposure is partly reversible selective changes in CRC, that have temporary stimulating effect on cellular metabolism and local regenerative processes providing an opportunity for still viable tissues to function adequately.

Reductions with lithium in low molecular weight amines and ethylenediamine.

Reductions of several types of compounds with lithium and ethylenediamine using low molecular weight amines as solvent are described. In all cases 1 mol of ethylenediamine or N, N'-dimethylethylenediamine per gram-atom of lithium was used. In some cases it was beneficial to add an alcohol as a proton donor.

[The epidemic situation in relation to HIV infection in Ukraine (1987-1997)].

The analysis of the dynamics of the epidemic process for 10 years made it possible to find out the presence of two separate epidemic waves of HIV infection. The first wave (1987-1994) was manifested as the slow type of the development of the epidemic, characterized mainly by sexual transmission. During this period 398 persons with HIV infection were detected, 24 persons were found to have AIDS; of these, 13 persons died.

[Antigen-binding lymphocytes in pulmonary tuberculosis patients with the side effects of antitubercular preparations].

70 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, experiencing side-effects associated with antibacterial preparations were examined as were 30 patients receiving similar therapy with no complications being developed, and 20 apparently healthy subjects. It was established that the level of antigen-binding lymphocytes depends on the extent of sensitization to the allergen in question and reaches the highest values in patients presenting with adverse reactions. Preliminary treatment of lymphocytes with a medicamentous preparation results in some reduction of the number of antigen-binding lymphocytes.