PRE-RETINOPATHY OF TYPE 1 DIABETES IN THE CONTEXT OF FUNCTIONAL, STRUCTURAL AND MICROCIRCULATORY CHANGES IN THE MACULAR AREA.

Aim: The authors assessed the development of intraocular changes in type 1 diabetes (T1DM) from the onset of the disease leading to diabetic retinopathy (DR). The quote: “There must be an intermediate stage between the physiological intraocular finding and the diabetic retinopathy itself “, (prof. Jan Vavřinec).

[Contrast sensitivity and optic coherence tomography examinations in adolescent patients with diabetes type I preretinopathy (a pilot study)].

Aim: To evaluate the development of retinal changes in adolescent patients with diabetes type I (T1DM) with diseases duration more than 10 years, which started before 5 years of age.

Methods: The development of the findings on the posterior pole was followed up. The retinal functions were established by means of contrast sensitivity in four space frequencies: 3 cycles/degree (c/deg) (perimacular area), 6 c/deg and 12 c/deg (macular area), and, finally, 18 c/deg (foveola).

[Analysis of movement disorders surgeries at the Department of Ophthalmology, the FNKV Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic, during the ten-years period].

The authors analyzed medical records of 1644 surgeries of strabismus and ptosis performed during the ten-years period (1997-2006). The surgeries were divided into three groups according to the age of the patients: 531 surgeries were performed in patients until the age of 6 years, 508 surgeries were in children aged 7-18 years, and the study included also 605 operative procedures in adult patients aged 19 years and older. The strabismus operations formed 1401 single or multi-phases surgeries and the ptosis correction was performed in 243 patients.