Publications by authors named "Martynas Speckauskas"
Purpose: To derive a Delphi method-based consensus for the surgical management of Full Thickness Macular Hole (FTMH) and Lamellar Macular Hole (LMH).
Methods: 37 expert VR surgeons from 21 mainly European countries participated in Delphi method-based questionnaire for diagnosis and treatment of FTMHs and LMHs.
Results: A total of 36 items were rated in round 1 by 37 participants, of which 10 items achieved consensus: intraoperative verification of PVD; clinical superiority of OCT-based FTMH classification; practical ineffectiveness of ocriplasmin; circular 360° ILM peeling for small macular holes; use of regular surgical technique for the size of the hole in concomitant retinal detachment; performing complete vitrectomy; SF6 gas as preferred tamponade; cataract surgery if crystalline lens is mildly/moderately opaque; removal of both ILM and LHEP in LMH surgery.
Purpose: Within a population-based follow-up study, to examine the 10-year incidence of pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX), possible risk factors for PEX and its association with ocular aging of the cornea, lens and retina.
Methods: The baseline examination was conducted in 2006 on a random sample of 1,033 adult participants from Kaunas city (Lithuania) population of whom 631 had ophthalmic examination data at attendance of the 10-year follow-up in 2016. Detailed examination of the anterior and posterior segment of the eye was carried out.
Purpose: To examine the 10-year incidence of the pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX) in adults in a population-based follow-up study, to determine its link with vascular diseases, and to identify possible risk factors of the PEX.
Methods: The baseline examination was performed in 2006 on a random sample of 1033 participants from Kaunas city (Lithuania) population. In 2016, a follow-up study of 686 participants who returned for the examination was conducted.
Purpose: To report a series of cases and microsurgical management of rarely occurring uveitis-glaucoma-hyphema (UGH) syndrome in patients with single-piece acrylic intraocular lens (IOL) placed in the capsular bag.
Methods: It was a series of patients with UGH syndrome induced by posterior chamber IOL/capsular bag complex instability (pseudophakodonesis), who underwent IOL fixation to the iris. Visual acuity, intraocular pressure, number of glaucoma medications and IOL status (position) were recorded by the same protocol before and 6 months after the surgical treatment.
Purpose: To determine the prevalence of pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX) in Lithuanian urban population and its association with ischaemic heart disease (IHD), arterial hypertension (AH) and diabetes mellitus (DM).
Methods: In this population-based study, 1065 participants aged 45-72 years were randomly drawn from the population register of Kaunas, Lithuania. They were classified as having PEX if any pseudoexfoliation material was determined by a slit-lamp examination in at least one eye.
Objective: To evaluate and compare the impact of two sharp-edge optic foldable intraocular lenses (IOLs) of similar design made from different material (hydrophilic acrylic or hydrophobic acrylic) on visual function, anterior and posterior capsule opacification at one-year follow-up after cataract phacoemulsification.
Material And Methods: Seventy-two eyes of 72 patients scheduled for cataract surgery were included in a prospective clinical study. Two foldable sharp-edge optic posterior chamber acrylic IOLs of similar design were used.
Objective: To evaluate the maximally corrected visual acuity and contrast sensitivity under photopic and mesopic conditions with or without glare in pseudophakic patients implanted with either foldable or rigid intraocular lenses.
Material And Methods: A total of 83 patients after cataract surgery were examined at baseline and 8-12 weeks later: 47 patients with age-related macular degeneration (Group 1) and 36 patients without ocular comorbidities (Group 2). Contrast sensitivity was measured using a Ginsburg Box, VSCR-CST-6500.