[Long-term results of xenoscleroplasty of the posterior pole of the eyeball in the treatment of patients with progressive myopia].

The study deals with the development of an effective, atraumatic and easy-to-use treatment for patients with progressive myopia, by using a discoid xenograft. The treatment involves implantation of a discoid xenograft to the episclera of the posterior pole of the eye. The xenograft is a white disk prepared from the treated bovine pericardium and it has 2 mm in thickness and a diameter of 13 mm.

[Mechanism of specific vaccine therapy in ocular herpes simplex].

The mechanism of specific vaccine therapy in herpetic eye disease was studied. The effectiveness of the therapy in the observation period of 3 to 8 years was established. In 71 (62%) of 114 patients relapses of the disease disappeared completely, in 32 (26%) became less frequent and in 11 (10%) their frequency did not change.