[Intraoperative ultrasound diagnosis in the removal of intraocular foreign bodies].

The paper provides a rationale and indications for diascleral removal of foreign bodies from the anterior chamber of the eyeball, by intraoperatively using ultrasound study. The clinical material presents 148 cases of diascleral removal of foreign (49 magnetic and 49 amagnetic) bodes impacted into the tunics of the anterior eye without evident opacities of optical media and without signs of endophthalmitis. The paper provides a pathogenetic rationale for the method that is lowly traumatic and highly effective (foreign bodies being removed in 99.

[Clinical informative value of new methods of ultrasonic examination in the differential diagnosis of various forms of congenital diseases of the eyes in children].

Clinical informative value of computer echography for the differential diagnosis of severe intrauterine uveitis (68 children, 96 eyes), retinopathy neonatorum (37 children, 74 eyes), Coats' retinitis (35 children, 35 eyes), and retinoblastoma (17 children, 26 eyes) was studied in a group of 157 children (231 eyes) with opaque refracting media. Ultrasonic diagnostic equipment with a high level of computer support essentially improved the resolving capacity of echography and detected accessory acoustic signs of some congenital ocular diseases.

[Ultrasound in ophthalmology].

Research activities of Department of Ultrasound are carried out in cooperation with other departments of the institute. This paper sums up 30-year activities of the department on the utilization of ultrasound in ophthalmology with diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Ultrasound is a highly informative diagnostic and effective treatment modality in various ocular diseases.

[The diagnostic and surgical characteristics of gunshot nonmagnetic intraocular fragments].

Results of treatment of 42 patients with a magnetic intraocular fragments (balls, pistons, capsules) are analyzed and indications for various surgical interventions for removal of fragments with the minimal injury for the eye are defined. The role of echo diagnosis (together with x-ray diagnosis and computer-aided tomography) in the selection of operative access to a foreign body and, specifically, echolocation on the operative table during surgery is shown. Combination of informative diagnostic methods with advanced surgical technologies helps save the organ and attain functional results in this extremely grave posttraumatic pathology.

[Methods of comprehensive multifunctional examination of patients with penetrating fragmentation injuries of eye].

The study was aimed at validating the efficacy of all available diagnostic methods for the detection and removal of foreign bodies in the eyes. A total of 563 patients with penetrating fragmentation injuries to the eyes were observed. The advantages and drawbacks of each method for the diagnosis of intraocular foreign bodies are analyzed and causes of differences in the localization of a fragment by different methods discussed.