Bilateral endogenous fungal endophthalmitis.

Endogenous endophthalmitis is a rare and severe intraocular infection which can be vision-threatening. We describe a case of bilateral fungal endogenous endophthalmitis in a 64-year-old male which was successfully treated with systemic administration of fluconazole followed by pars plana vitrectomy with an intravitreous injection of amphotericin B.

Severe acute bilateral alcohol-induced toxic optic neuropathy--case report.

Toxic optic neuropathies are not frequently encountered in routine practice, however, they present a challenge both in terms of diagnosis and treatment. The aim of this paper is to present an unusual case of ethyl alcohol poisoning causing bilateral toxic optic neuropathy with loss of vision.

[Surgically induced astigmatism after bimanual phacoemulsification through microincision and after standard phacoemulsification].

Purpose: The purpose was to compare surgically induced after bimanual phacoemulsification performed through a 1.7 mm superotemporal clear corneal microincision (B-MICS), and after coaxial phacoemulsification performed through a 3.2 mm superotemporal clear corneal incision, calculated with various mathematical methods.

[Methods of calculating surgically induced astigmatism].

Evaluation of surgically induced astigmatism is important, as it allows to thoroughly assess the influence of surgical incision on corneal refraction. This influence can be established by calculating surgically induced astigmatism according to an appropriate mathematical method. The purpose of the study was to describe various mathematical methods used in the current literature to calculate surgically induced astigmatism.

Incidence and functional outcome of phacoemulsification complicated by posterior capsular rupture.

Purpose: To evaluate retrospectively anatomic and functional results of phacoemulsification with posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation, complicated by intraoperative posterior capsular rupture (PCR).

Material And Methods: Data were gathered from medical records of 930 patients (one thousand eyes), who underwent phacoemulsification. The examined group consisted of 52 eyes of 52 patients, 27 women (52%), and 25 men (48%), 50 to 84 years old (mean age 73.

Analysis of causes of intraocular lens explantations in the material of Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Lodz.

Purpose: Implantation of intraocular lenses (IOLS) has become a standard practice in cataract surgery, however, similar to any other type of surgery, using IOLs is not complication-free and sometimes explantation of intraocular lenses may be necessary. This study was to gather data and analyze causes of intraocular lens explantations, performed in the Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Łódź.

Materials And Methods: The data were gathered from medical documentation of all patients who underwent intraocular lens removal from January 2003 to July 2006.

[Results of bimanual phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation through the micro incision].

Purpose: To evaluate the postoperative results of bimanual, cold phacoemulsification with foldable lens implantation through 1.7 mm incision.

Material And Methods: Thirty four bimanual cold phacoemulsifications with Acri.