Ocular outcomes in 4-year old prematurely born children.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to assess functional and structural ophthalmologic outcomes in 4-year old very low birth weight children (VLBW).

Material And Methods: A group of 82 VLBW children including: (1) children without retinopathy of prematurity – group O (n = 30), (2) children with retinopathy of prematurity with no indications for laser coagulation- group 1 (n = 20 ), (3) children with retinopathy of prematurity treated with laser coagulation – group 2 (n = 32) were enrolled. Functional (visual acuity, visual evoked potentials, stereopsis, color vision test) and structural (anterior eye segment examination and fundoscopy) outcome, cycloplegic refraction, intraocular pressure and angle of squint were examined in all children.

[Association between Y402H, E318D and R102G polymorphisms of complement proteins genes and the response to intravitreal anti-VEGF treatment in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration].

Aim: To analyze the correlation between the E318D rs9332739 polymorphism of the C2 complement factor; R102G rs2230199 polymorphism of the C3 complement factor as well as the Y402H rs1061170 polymorphism of the CFH complement factor and risk of AMD as well as the response to anti-VEGF therapy.

Material And Methods: 106 patients with age-related macular degeneration treated with intravitreal ranibizumab or bevacizumab were enrolled. The response to treatment was assessed at 4 weeks intervals for 6 months and was based on the results of best corrected visual acuity and central retinal thickness measurements compared to the respective baseline values.

[Retinal vascular tumors in the material of the Department of Ophthalmology and Ocular Oncology of Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum in Cracow].

Retinal vascular tumours are congenital and acquired lesions of variable clinical manifestation. They are classified as benign, but their presence leads to vision impairment due to the development of complications. Each retinal vascular tumour possesses characteristic clinical features and is often associated with certain systemic disorders.

[Utility of optical coherence tomography in assessing macular anatomy after conventional surgical repair of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment].

Aim: To determine the utility of optical coherence tomography in assessing macular anatomy of patients treated with conventional surgery for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment involving the macula.

Material And Methods: 42 patients (42 eyes) treated for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with macular involvement were enrolled in the study. 14 of them were treated with segmental scleral buckling, 8 patients--with encircling scleral buckling, and 20 others--with scleral explant placed along the horizontal or vertical meridian and encircling scleral band.

[Familial retinoblastoma in the experience of the Department of Ophthalmology and Ocular Oncology in Kraków].

In this retrospective study we analyzed over 300 patients with diagnosed retinoblastoma treated in the Department of Ophthalmology and Ocular Oncology in Kraków in 1967-2011. Nine families (parents and offspring) with diagnosed familial retinoblastoma present in at least two generations were analyzed. A review of the age of onset, diagnosis and recurrence rate of tumors as well as the long-term results of applied therapy and advantages of prophylactic ophthalmic screening in children at high risk of familial retinoblastoma was performed.