Age related macular degeneration and presence of posterior vitreous detachment.

Purpose: To find correlation between presence of PVD and incidence of different forms of AMD.

Material And Methods: 210 eyes of patients with AMD were examined. Fluorescein angiography determined type of AMD and ultrasound examination evaluated presence of PVD.

[Acute anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in the course of optic nerve drusen].

Authors present the case of 48 years old male with acute anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) in presence of optic nerve drusen. AION occurred in both eyes, but not at the same time. Diagnosis was made on the basis of laboratory tests, ultrasonographic examination and fluorescein angiography.

[Senile cataract and strabismus].

Purpose: To evaluate whether the periodical sensory deprivation due to senile cataract and leading to strabismus, can result in the loss of binocularity.

Material And Methods: We examined 26 patients with dense cataract in one or both eyes and with strabismus that appeared after development of cataract in the absence of any other ophthalmological defect. All the patients had cataract extracted in one or both eyes by the method of phacoemulsification with implantation of PC IOL.