[Transpupillary thermotherapy in exudative age-related macular degeneration].

Purpose: Assessment of TTT results in patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration.

Material And Methods: The study comprised of 65 patients (73 eyes), in age 50-84 years (average age-75 yrs). The diagnosis of exudative AMD was established on the basis of fundus examination and fluorescein angiography (FA) and in some cases on indocyanine green angiography.

[The analysis of I125 brachytherapy complications in cases of uveal melanoma].

Purpose: Analysis of type and frequency of complications after brachytherapy 1125 between 1-12 months after treatment and during the following controls.

Materials And Methods: 147 persons (76 men and 71 women) aged 23-86 years (mean 57 years), were treated in our clinic in 1998-2001. In 43% of the cases the thickness of the tumor was more than 8 mm and in 94% the maximum diameter was bigger than 8.

[Epidemiology of choroidal melanoma in the material of the Department of Ophthalmology CM UJ in Cracow].

Purpose: Epidemiological analysis of the choroidal melanoma cases-sent from all over the Poland and treated in our clinic between January 1998 and December 2002.

Material And Methods: The study included 687 patients with choroidal melanoma 348 women and 339 men.

Results: The age of patients was 14-97 years (mean 56 years).

[Photodynamic therapy with indocyanine green for choroidal neovascularization caused by age-related macular degeneration--a preliminary record].

Purpose: To evaluate the usefulness of indocyanine green in the photodynamic therapy (iPDT) of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Material And Methods: Twelve patients with choroidal neovascularization secondary to AMD were treated with iPDT. Therapy was performed with 810 nm diode laser after intravenous injection of 25 mg solution of indocyanine green.

[Use of indocyanine green for photodynamic therapy of choroidal melanoma--preliminary report].

Purpose: To evaluate the usefulness of indocyanine green (ICG) in the photodynamic therapy (iPDT) of choroidal melanoma.

Material And Methods: Thirty eight patients with choroidal melanoma were treated with iPDT. Tumor thickness ranged from 2.

The level of total sialic acid, alfa-antitrypsin, ceruloplasmin in the serum of patients with choroidal melanoma.

Melanoma of the choroid is a fatal disease because of its metastases. The quest is ongoing for more reliable serum markers for detecting and staging ocular melanoma. Total serum sialic acid and acute phase proteins are valuable adjuncts in the management of malignancies, including melanoma.

Indocyanine green angiography in the diagnosis of small choroidal tumours.

Objective: To evaluate indocyanine green (ICG) angiography in the diagnosis of small choroidal tumours.

Methods: We studied 40 patients with small choroidal tumours, 22 males and 18 females. The tumour thickness on ultrasonography ranged from 2.

Expression of p16 in sporadic primary uveal melanoma.

Expression of p16 protein, intragenic mutations of CDKN2A and hypermethylation of CDKN2A promoter region in 41 sporadic primary uveal melanomas were studied. There were 2 cases of spindle cell B histological type, 11 of A + B and 28 of mixed type. All melanomas infiltrated sclera but in 28 cases infiltration was superficial while in 13 profound.

[Retinopathy of prematurity: risk factors analysis].

Purpose: The study aimed at evaluating potential risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).

Material And Methods: Two-hundred and thirty-one premature infants were divided into 3 groups, according to the stage of ROP: group A consisted of 68 infants who underwent cryotherapy for severe ROP, group B of 45 with ROP regressed spontaneously, and group C of 118 premature infants without ROP. Risk factors were identified based on the medical records of the infants and interview with mothers.