[Transpupillary thermotherapy in exsudative age-related macular degeneration. Two-years results and findings on the other eye].

Unlabelled: The purpose of the prospective randomized study was to analyze long-term results of transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) in exsudative age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) after 24 months of follow-up and to compare them with findings on the other, not treated eye.

Material And Methods: Seventy-two patients aged 50-93 years (average age 70.6 years) with one eye treated by means of TTT and the other considered as control were in the study.

[Transpupillary thermotherapy in age-related serous detachment of retinal pigmented epithelium].

Unlabelled: The goal of this prospective study was to evaluate results of the transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) in the age related macular degeneration (ARMD) where the serous detachment of the pigment epithelium (SDPE) was the dominant sign.

Material And Methods: Thirty eyes of 29 patients were treated by TTT. All patients were examined before and 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, and 24 months after TTT in terms of visual acuity (VA), indirect binocular ophthalmoscopy, and indirect slitlamp biomicroscopy, fluorescein angiography, and optic coherent tomography (OCT) of the macular region.

[Transpupillary thermotherapy in age-related macular degeneration. Preliminary results].

Objective: To evaluate anatomical and functional results of transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) in age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) with a chorioid neovascular membrane (CNVM).

Material And Methods: TTT was performed by means of a diode laser (Iris Medical Oculight Six) in 38 eyes of 35 patients aged 46-93 years, mean 70.6 years.

[Tears of the retinal pigment epithelium] ].

The authors describe spontaneous tears of the retinal pigmented epithelium in three eyes of two patients with age-related macular degeneration. In all instances the development of the tear was associated with an occult choroidal neovascular membrane detected by fluoroangiography. The authors describe typical clinical features and contemporary views regarding the pathogenesis of the tear.

[The idiopathic uveal effusion syndrome].

The authors describe two cases of idiopathic uveal effusion syndrome, in one instance affecting consecutively both eyes, in the second patient the finding is unilateral so far. In the female patient with the bilateral finding reattachment of the retina and improvement of the visual acuity developed only after surgery (sclerotomy). The second patient, where the disease was detected only accidentally, is so far only under observation.