Publications by authors named "N Bornfeld"
The liquid biopsy is playing an increasingly more important role in the diagnosis and treatment of retinoblastomas. The possibility of safe and uncomplicated retrieval and examination of aqueous humour from the anterior chamber contributes significantly to the differential diagnosis and to a better understanding of the disease. It helps with the prognosis both in terms of eye-preserving treatment and in estimating the risk of metastatic disease and helps with genetic uncertainties in unilateral disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Radiation-induced scleral necrosis (RISN) is a less frequent complication of brachytherapy for uveal melanoma, and may require surgical treatment in selected cases. We aimed to identify the prognostic factors for RISN treatment.
Methods: All patients with brachytherapy for uveal melanoma treated at our institution between 01/1999 and 12/2016 who developed RISN were followed until 02/2021.
Purpose: To analyze the treatment-related complications after ruthenium-106 brachytherapy in patients with uveal melanoma in terms of radiation-induced optic neuropathy, maculopathy and retinopathy, radiation-related vitreous hemorrhage, and retinal detachment, as well as secondary glaucoma and radiogenic cataract. In addition, the course of visual acuity was analyzed.
Patients/methods And Materials: This retrospective study included 608 patients treated with ruthenium-106 brachytherapy between January 2008 and December 2010 at the Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Essen.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze tumor-related complications after ruthenium-106 brachytherapy in patients with uveal melanoma, with respect to local tumor control, insufficient radiation response, enucleation, and metastasis rate.
Patients/methods And Materials: This retrospective study included 608 patients treated consecutively with ruthenium-106 brachytherapy between January 2008 and December 2010 at the Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Essen. The occurrence of radiation-induced results was analyzed by estimating the risk by applying the Kaplan-Meier method, i.
Purpose: Surgical repair might be required in patients with uveal melanoma (UM) that develop advanced forms of radiation-induced scleral necrosis (RISN). In this monocentric long-term observational study, we aimed at analyzing the treatment outcome after RISN surgery.
Methods: All consecutive cases with UM who underwent surgical intervention for RISN between 1999 and 2020 were included.