Eye diseases in women.

Although eye diseases are considered to be relatively less affected by patient sex, it is noteworthy that the presence of hormone receptors have been confirmed in various ocular tissues, which were considered to have few sex-based differences. Female hormone levels are known to change because of menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause. When female hormone levels markedly fluctuate in such situations, the disease state may change.

Multicenter randomized clinical trial of retinal photocoagulation for preproliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of selective photocoagulation (S-PC) for nonperfusion areas (NPA) in preproliferative diabetic retinopathy (PPDR).

Subjects And Methods: A multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial of 69 patients with PPDR showing NPA comparable to or larger than those on reference photographs. The patients were assigned to 2 groups; one was treated with S-PC (PC group: 32 patients), while the other did not receive S-PS (non-PC group: 37 patients).

Reconsideration of the most appropriate criterion in the lowest classification of vision disability in Japan.

Purpose: To verify the current Japanese classification of vision disability in regard to visual acuity.

Methods: A questionnaire was sent to 100 ophthalmology services in Japan. Each service was asked to extract 300 of their outpatient records.

[Visual course for proliferative diabetic retinopathy after pars plana vitrectomy].

Purpose: To investigate retrospectively the visual course for proliferative diabetic retinopathy after pars plana vitrectomy.

Cases And Methods: From January 2002 to December 2004, we operated 209 eyes with proliferative diabetic retinopathy. For this study, we selected 28 eyes in which the visual acuity could be followed for 6 months or longer after the vitrectomy.

[Optic nerve atrophy after vitrectomy for diabetic retinopathy: its systemic and local risk factors].

Purpose: To evaluate the incidence and risk factors of optic nerve atrophy after vitrectomy for diabetic retinopathy.

Subjects And Methods: Clinical charts of 48 eyes of 40 patients who underwent vitrectomy for diabetic retinopathy were retrospectively reviewed. The relationship between postoperative optic nerve atrophy and patients' physical condition was statistically analyzed.

[Anterior segment fluorescein angiography for evaluating the effect of vitrectomy for neovascular glaucoma].

Purpose: Using anterior segment fluorescein angiography(AFA), we evaluated the relationship between the effect of vitrectomy combined with endophotocoagulation for neovascular glaucoma and the postoperative angiographic changes.

Subjects And Methods: Seven eyes of 7 patients (six eyes of 6 patients had proliferative diabetic retinopathy and 1 eye of 1 patient had central retinal vein occlusion) with neovascular glaucoma underwent both vitrectomy combined with endophotocoagulation and AFA before and after surgery.

Results: Of the 7 cases, the three eyes(42.

[Effects of treatment for diabetic retinopathy on reperfusion of the capillary bed].

Purpose: We studied the effects of treatment for diabetic retinopathy on reperfusion and obstruction of the capillary bed.

Subject And Methods: In a retrospective study, we studied fluorescein angiograms of 66 patients (98 eyes) with diabetic retinopathy treated in our hospital between January 1998 and July 2002. Fluorescein angiography was performed at the first visit and each treatment (vitrectomy, photocoagulation, and follow-up).