[Optic neuropathy in diabetic patients].

Introduction: Diabetes beyond the well described diabetic retinopathy symptoms leads also to other ophthalmology problems. Among them, there are less known neuropathies and other neuroophthalmological disorders. To determine whether optic neuropathy coexists with painful peripheral neuropathy.

[Advantage of using echography for optic nerve head estimation of glaucoma patients].

Purpose: To evaluate the possibility and advantages of using echography for optic nerve head estimation of glaucoma patients.

Material And Methods: 146 patients (146 eyes) - group A and 20 glaucoma patients (24 eyes)- group B underwent ultrasound investigation. On B - scan the optic nerve head was evaluated with the help of 10 MHz probe.

[Vitreoretinal surgery in ocular trauma].

Purpose: This retrospective study was undertaken to review the structure of patients that admitted to the hospital during one year, due to the different types of ocular trauma as well as to analyze the rate of the vitreo-retinal procedures being employed to treat those patients.

Material And Methods: As many as 1212 consecutive patients (1252 eyes) submitting to the out-patients Department of Ophthalmology of the Medical University Hospital in Gdańsk between the 1st of January and the 30th of December 2004, presenting with eye injury were evaluated. The majority of the patients were males (746) with the mean age of 46.

[Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin in treating the choroidal neovascularisation secondary to multifocal choroiditis].

Apart from AMD and pathologic myopia the posterior uveitis is the most common pathology being the cause of secondary choroidal neovascularisation (CNV). For many years the method of choice in treating those pathologies was the theramal laser photocoagulation with obvious limitations in the cases of subfoveal CNV. The implementation of PDT modality to every day's clinical practice expanded the range of CNV treatment methods.

[Sandhoff's and Tay-Sachs disease--based on our own cases].

The authors described two infant with Sandhoff's and Tay-Sachs disease. Tay-Sachs disease is well-known inherited disease leading to an accumulation of gangliosides in the brain and retina. Sandhoffs disease (GM2 gangliosidosis type 0) was diagnosed in an infant, in whom a progressive neurological disorder and cherry-red foveal spots were developed.

[Microbiological evaluation of conjunctival sac in Sjögren syndrome patients].

Purpose: To evaluate bacterial flora of conjunctival sac in patients with Sjogren syndrome and compare it with the flora of healthy individuals.

Material And Methods: Bacteriological test was performed on the swabs from the conjunctival sac of 15 patients with primary Sjögren syndrome (PS), 15 patients with secondary Sjögren syndrome (SS) and 30 healthy individuals, chosen at random.

Results: Most of the swabs, in every group, were aseptic.

[Iodine treatment in vitreous degeneration].

Purpose: We present our result of topical administration of iodine in group of patients with corpus vitreous degeneration.

Material And Methods: Corpus vitreous degeneration was studied in 360 patients (660 eyes), 184 male and 176 female. Treatment last form 6 to 12 month.

[Fixation in patients with anisometropic amblyopia without strabismus].

Purpose: To determine the type of fixation in patients with anisometropic amblyopia without strabismus and find correlation between amount of anisometropia and eccentricity of fixation.

Material And Methods: 100 patients with anisometropic amblyopia without strabismus were examined. The following data was obtained: visual acuity, type of fixation, refraction error after cycloplegia.

[Carbofiltratio in neovascular glaucoma].

Purpose: We present our own antiglaucoma procedure using glassy carbon fibre.

Material And Methods: Our procedure belongs to filtration type of antyglaucoma operations, so we call it carbofiltratio. 32 carbofiltratio procedures were performed.

[Frequency of appearance systemic complications of autoimmunological diseases: primary and secondary Sjögren syndrome].

Purpose: As Sjögren syndrome is regarded by ophthalmologists as a synonim of dry eye syndrome, we decided to evaluate how often these patients demonstrate other than ocular symptoms, especially systemic complications.

Material And Methods: We examined 30 patients with primary (PZS) and 45 patients with secondary Sjögren syndrome (WZS).

Results: Pathological findings in course of Sjogren syndrome concerned predominantly eyes (94%) and mucous membrane of the mouth (91%), salivary glands (65%) and skin.