Side Effects of Proton Beam Radiotherapy Treatment on Iris Melanoma.

Purpose: This study evaluated the functional outcome and ocular side effects of patients receiving proton beam radiotherapy (PBR) for the treatment of iris melanoma (IM).

Design: This retrospective study analyzed prospectively collected data.

Participants: Patients with IM who underwent PBR as a primary treatment.

Patients with septo-optic dysplasia: General ophthalmologic assessment and retinal imaging.

Background: To evaluate the functional development and, retinal and optic disc morphology using OCT in patients with septo-optic dysplasia (SOD).

Methods: This retrospective case series included patients diagnosed with SOD between 2007 and 2020. Ophthalmologic assessment included visual acuity (VA) and funduscopy at the initial and last presentation.

Management of cataract surgery in Lowe syndrome.

Aim: To evaluate the ophthalmic and anesthesiologic management of cataract surgery in children with Lowe syndrome receiving lens removal, the development and management of secondary glaucoma.

Methods: This retrospective case series included 12 eyes of 6 children with genetically verified Lowe syndrome receiving cataract removal. Information regarding the type and duration of surgery and total anesthesia time were recorded.

Retinal oxygen saturation, vessel diameter and flicker response in eyes with specific subtypes of neovascular age-related macular degeneration during aflibercept treatment.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of intravitreal aflibercept monotherapy on arterial and venous oxygen saturation, retinal vessel diameter and flicker response in patients with newly diagnosed specific subtypes of exudative maculopathy.

Methods: This prospective study included forty-four eyes of 44 patients with treatment-naïve polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV, n = 12), hemorrhagic choroidal neovascularization (hCNV, n = 12), pigment epithelium detachment (PED, n = 9) and type 3 MNV (RAP, n = 11). All patients received three initial aflibercept 2mg/0.

Management of patients with dysthyroid optic neuropathy treated with intravenous corticosteroids and/or orbital decompression surgery.

Purpose: To assess the characteristics and long-term outcomes of adult patients with dysthyroid optic neuropathy (DON) who underwent orbital decompression surgery and/or received intravenous (IV) methylprednisolone.

Methods: Retrospective chart review of 98 eyes of 49 patients who were diagnosed and treated with bilateral DON between 2007 and 2018 at the Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the Medical University of Vienna.

Results: The mean follow-up period was 4.