Simultaneous Presbyopia and Astigmatism Correction with a Novel Trifocal Toric Intraocular Lens-A One-Year Follow-Up.

The current investigation evaluates the efficiency of the trifocal toric Liberty 677MTY intraocular lens (IOL) in correcting preoperative corneal astigmatism in cataract patients demanding spectacle independence. The retrospective evaluation included 28 eyes of 15 patients with preoperative corneal astigmatism of at least 1.0 Dioptre (D).

Comparison of Clinical Outcomes, Visual Quality and Visual Function of Two Presbyopia-Correcting Intraocular Lenses Made from the Same Material, but with Different Design and Optics.

This semi-prospective, parallel, comparative investigation evaluated the clinical outcomes and quality of vision (contrast sensitivity, visual function, dysphotopsia, spectacle use, overall satisfaction) after mono- or bilateral implantation of two presbyopia-correcting intraocular lenses (IOL)-the Liberty 677MY or the AT LISA tri 839M-in 50 eyes of 25 cataract patients. Clinical outcomes were assessed 3 and 12 months postoperatively. Eighty-nine percent of eyes implanted with the Liberty IOL and 59% of eyes implanted with the AT LISA IOL achieved a refractive outcome ±0.

Evaluation of Astigmatism-Correcting Efficiency and Rotational Stability after Cataract Surgery with a Double-Loop Haptic Toric Intraocular Lens: A 1-Year Follow-Up.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the clinical outcomes, predictability of results, efficiency of astigmatism correction, and rotational stability of the Bi-Flex 677TAY (Medicontur Medical Engineering Ltd., Zsámbék, Hungary) monofocal toric intraocular lens (IOL) designed for cataract patients with astigmatism.

Methods: The IOLs were implanted either mono- or binocularly, following routine cataract surgery.

Scharioth Macula Lens: A new intraocular implant for low-vision patients with stabilized maculopathy- first experience.

Aims: To present the initial results of Scharioth Macula Lens (SML) implantation. The SML is a new add-on intraocular lens designed to increase uncorrected near visual acuity (UCVA) in patients with stabilized maculopathy.

Methods: Eight patients were included in the study.

Transient branch retinal artery occlusion in a 15-year-old girl and review of the literature.

Background: Retinal artery occlusion is an extremely rare diagnosis in the pediatric population and the etiology with risk factors of retinal artery occlusion are poorly understood in younger individuals.

Methods And Results: This case report a rare case of transient branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO) in a healthy young girl. A fifteen-year-old girl presented with painless decreased vision in her right eye.

Long-term outcomes of rheohaemapheresis in the treatment of dry form of age-related macular degeneration.

Purpose. Determining long-term effects of rheohaemapheresis on the dry form of age-related macular degeneration. Methods.

Re-operation of idiopathic macular hole after failed initial surgery.

Background: Persistent idiopathic macular hole (IMH) after initial pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) appears in approx. 12% of cases. It is, therefore, one of the most common complications.

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with the Wet Form of Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

The study is designed to determine the relationship between the progress of the wet form of age-related macular degeneration and the activity of the visual cortex examined using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Ten patients with the wet form of age-related macular degeneration (9 female and 1 male) with a mean age of 74.7 years (58-85 years) at various stages of bilateral involvement of the disease were included.

Cost and effectiveness of therapy for wet age-related macular degeneration in routine clinical practice.

Purpose: Evaluation of the cost and effectiveness of therapy for patients with the wet form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in routine clinical practice.

Methods: A retrospective multicentre evaluation of changes in the best-corrected visual acuity in applied kinds of therapy and a comparison with the cost of individual therapeutic procedures.

Results: An overall total of 788 eyes of 763 patients with an average age of 73.

Glaucoma and CNS. Comparison of fMRI results in high tension and normal tension glaucoma.

Aim: The objective of our work was to determine whether there is a difference in fMRI activation between patients with high tension glaucoma (HTG) and those with normal tension glaucoma (NTG).

Method: The sample consisted of eight patients with different stages of high tension glaucoma (3 females aged 41-65 and 5 males aged 40-73 years) and eight patients, also with different stages of normal tension glaucoma (6 females aged 53-70 and 2 males aged 40-52 years). The control group consisted of eight healthy subjects (3 females aged 23-46 and 5 males aged 23-65 years).

New and recurrent gain-of-function STAT1 mutations in patients with chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis from Eastern and Central Europe.

Background: Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis disease (CMCD) may result from various inborn errors of interleukin (IL)-17-mediated immunity. Twelve of the 13 causal mutations described to date affect the coiled-coil domain (CCD) of STAT1. Several mutations, including R274W in particular, are recurrent, but the underlying mechanism is unclear.

[Papilledema and ischemic edema of the optic nerve head].

The authors report an unusual case of two etiologically different forms of the optic nerve head edema consequently occurring in short time interval: ischemic optic nerve edema and papilledema. A 58-year old woman was diagnosed with papilledema in the course of idiopathic intracranial hypertension. After successful treatment both papilledema and subjective symptoms subsided during 5 months.

Dynamics of blood count after rheohemapheresis in age-related macular degeneration: possible association with clinical changes.

Background: Rheohemapheresis (RHF) is a method that can stop the activity of the dry form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The pathophysiologic mechanisms are not well understood, and the effects of the RHF procedures extend beyond the time of the individual procedures.

Patients And Methods: We present the data for 46 patients with AMD treated with a series of 8 rheohemapheretic procedures.

Effects of treatment change in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration; results from the Czech National Registry.

Aims: To determine the effectiveness of second line treatments in patients with neovascular AMD who did not respond adequately to primary treatment.

Methods: Retrospective, multicentre assessment. The frequency of primary treatment failure and outcomes of subsequent secondary treatment were assessed according to the type of primary treatment, type of CNV and change in BCVA over a 12 month period.

Histologic evaluation of AlphaCor keratoprosthesis explanted following various complications.

Aims: To report the histological findings in two AlphaCor artificial corneas explanted following complications,to compare the mechanism of biointegration and/or failure of the device and the correlation with clinical histories.

Methods: The first patient was diagnosed with optic deposits and corneal melting during the late postoperative period and required the removal of the device. The second patient experienced injury with penetration of the device 5 months after implantation.

The importance of rheological parameters in the therapy of the dry form of age-related macular degeneration with rheohaemapheresis.

To date, rheological treatment is the only chance to control the advanced dry form of age-related macular degeneration and arrest its progression to legal blindness. Rheohaemapheresis can change the main rheological parameters, blood and plasma viscosity, as well as change erythrocyte aggregability, improve erythrocyte flexibility and lead to substantial improvement when other methods of therapy fail. In this study, we describe changes in the levels of rheological efficacy indicators after rheohaemapheresis and their clinical significance in the dry form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Normal sensory and absent cognitive electrophysiological responses in functional visual loss following chemical eye burn.

Objective: To present a unique case of a 34-year-old patient with unilateral functional visual loss after chemical burn with normal visual evoked potentials (VEPs) and absent cognitive response (P300 wave).

Methods: Visual functions, complete ophthalmic and neurologic examinations including computed tomography of the brain, electrophysiological testing of the visual pathway up to the cognitive brain cortex were evaluated. Data were collected prospectively during 1-year follow-up and compared with data from published case series and a literature review.

LASIK for myopia and astigmatism using the SCHWIND AMARIS excimer laser: an international multicenter trial.

Purpose: To assess the efficacy, predictability, and safety of LASIK for the surgical correction of low to moderate myopia with astigmatism using the SCHWIND AMARIS excimer laser.

Methods: Six international study sites enrolled 358 eyes with a manifest refraction spherical equivalent (MRSE) from -0.50 to -7.