Asynchronous Teleophthalmology for Monitoring Glaucoma Patients in a Rural German Region: A Retrospective Observational Pilot Study.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has created an escalating need for limiting in-person examination and potential viral exposure. Under these circumstances, teleophthalmology allows ophthalmologists to continue providing care to patients while ensuring their safety and that of the medical staff.

Objective: The primary objective of this study was to assess patient satisfaction with an asynchronous teleconsultation for glaucoma patients in a rural German area.

[Acquired Cataracts].

Senile or age-related cataract is well known to ophthalmologists and also to colleagues in other medical specialties. Age-related cataract represents the most common cause of blindness worldwide but can be treated very successfully by a standard outpatient surgery. Far less common and therefore less known is the acquired cataract that can present a diagnostic and surgical challenge.

[Causes, Diagnosis and Therapy of Negative Dysphotopsia].

Negative Dysphotopsia (ND) is a dark, sometimes rounded bar or shadow in the temporal visual field after uncomplicated cataract surgery that may lead to great patient discomfort. R. Olson called it "the number one troublesome complaint after uneventful cataract surgery".

Optical and material analysis of opacified hydrophilic intraocular lenses after explantation: a laboratory study.

Background: The opacification of hydrophilic intraocular lenses (IOLs) is a very rare complication in terms of absolute numbers. We report on the analyses of opacified Euromaxx ALI313Y and ALI313 IOLs (Argonoptics, Germany) using light and scanning electron microscopy, X-ray spectroscopy and optical bench analysis.

Methods: Opacified Euromaxx ALI313Y and ALI313 IOLs were explanted after patients presented with a decrease in visual acuity.

Is the Memory Effect of the Blind Spot Involved in Negative Dysphotopsia after Cataract Surgery?

We present novel clinical observations on negative dysphotopsia (ND) in eyes that have undergone cataract surgery. In the past, shadow effects were alleged to be located in the far peripheral temporal visual field 50° to 100° away from the optical axis. In a small series of eight patients we found evidence of photic effects, described by the patients as shadows in the periphery that were objectively located much more centrally.

Influence of the prediction error of the first eye undergoing cataract surgery on the refractive outcome of the fellow eye.

Introduction: In addition to measurement errors, individual anatomical conditions could be made responsible for unexpected prediction errors in the determination of the correct intraocular lens power for cataract surgery. Obviously, such anatomical conditions might be relevant for both eyes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the postoperative refractive error of the first eye has to be taken in account for the biometry of the second.

[Indirect traumatic rupture of the globe without conjunctival injury].

Background: Blunt injuries are frequent causes of ocular trauma. Rupture of the globe without conjunctival injury following ocular contusions may be as dangerous as ruptures with opened conjunctiva, but is much more difficult to diagnose.

Patients And Methods: Retrospective analysis of 13 inpatients of the University Ophthalmological Hospital in 1991-1995 with rupture of the globe but without conjunctival injury following ocular contusion.