[Simplified anesthesia protocol for cataract surgery under topical anesthesia: one year retrospective study].

Introduction: The reduced supply of anesthesiologists in the hospital setting calls for a reconsideration of anesthesia management for ophthalmology patients. Therefore, a simplified management protocol has been designed through close collaboration between the involved specialists for cataract surgery under topical anesthesia (anesthetic eye drops or sub-Tenon's injection).

Materials And Methods: At the conclusion of the visit confirming the need for surgery, the surgeon completes a questionnaire designed to elicit a history of the presence of diabetes mellitus (type I or II), prior organ transplantation, chronic renal insufficiency requiring dialysis, communication difficulties, psychiatric disorders, allergy and/or a complex cataract.

Abnormal retinal thickness in patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.

In Alzheimer's disease (AD), brain lesions are marked by severe neuronal loss and retinal degeneration was previously mentioned in affected patients. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a clinical syndrome that could be an early phase of AD. In this study, using optical coherence tomography (OCT), the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness was assessed in patients with mild AD, moderate to severe AD, amnestic MCI and control subjects.

The use of impression cytology in the follow-up of severe ocular burns.

Aims: To evaluate by impression cytology (IC) the expression of the MHC class II inflammatory marker HLA-DR by the conjunctival epithelium, the cytological modifications of the conjunctival surface according to the Nelson's classification, and the eventual correlation between the two after severe ocular burns.

Methods: A total of 24 patients (24 eyes) who presented with severe ocular burns underwent IC. We compared them with 18 healthy eyes.

[Prepapillary arterial loop and retinal arterial branch occlusion].

Preretinal arterial loops are congenital vascular anomalies that originate from a main branch of the central retinal artery on the optic disc. These arterial loops are usually unilateral and asymptomatic, but they can be associated with retinal artery branch occlusion. We report one case of inferior temporal retinal artery occlusion in a patient with preretinal arterial loops.

Ultrasound biomicroscopy study of the Verisyse aphakic intraocular lens combined with penetrating keratoplasty in pseudophakic bullous keratopathy.

Purpose: To evaluate anterior segment modifications after penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), previous anterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) removal, and Verisyse IOL (AMO) implantation over the iris or under the iris for the treatment of pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (PBK) using ultrasound biomicroscopy.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Poitiers University Hospital, Poitiers, France.

Methods: A prospective randomized comparative case series included 27 patients (27 eyes) with PBK who had PKP and implantation of a Verisyse VRSA54 aphakic IOL.