Diabetes mellitus can cause diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, optic neuropathy, cataract or dysfunction of the eye muscles. The incidence of these disorders correlates with disease duration and quality of metabolic control. Regular ophthalmological examinations are needed to prevent sight-threatening advanced stages of diabetic eye diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To analyse the remodelling and recovery of a relocated intravitreal injection (IVI) service with an adapted treatment regimen in a tertiary referral centre during a nationwide lockdown with initial cancellation of all non-emergency treatments caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods And Analysis: For this retrospective observational study at Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, between 16 March 2020 and 5 May 2020, we conducted an analysis of an appointment booking system based on prioritisation incorporating disease class, severity and fellow eye status by evidence-based impact on irreversible structural impairment and survey data from telephone interviews. Recapture time was defined as the time-to-discard the backlog of patients in need for treatment.
Diabetes mellitus can cause diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, optic neuropathy, cataract or dysfunction of the eye muscles. The incidence of these defects correlates with disease duration and quality of metabolic control. Recommendations of the Austrian Diabetes Association for diagnosis, therapeutic procedures and requirements for adequate follow-up depending on stage of diabetic eye disease are summarized.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To assess the sensitivity and specificity for detecting macular disease with a new optical biometry device with swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) used before cataract surgery.
Setting: Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
Design: Consecutive case series.
Diabetes mellitus can cause diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, optic neuropathy, cataract or dysfunction of the eye muscles. The incidence of these defects correlates with disease duration and quality of metabolic control. Recommendations of the Austrian Diabetes Association for diagnosis, therapeutic procedures and requirements for adequate follow up depending on stage of diabetic eye disease are summarized.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Ocul Pharmacol Ther
April 2001
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of varying the application time of Mitomycin-C (MMC) on the scleral concentration of MMC. The sclerae of 14 human donor eyes were used for this study. The episcleral sides of the 4 scleral quadrants of each donor eye were exposed for 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of different diffusion times of mitomycin-C (MMC) on the intrascleral concentration vs depth profile of MMC in an experimental model. Scleral quadrants of eight human donor eyes were exposed to sponges soaked with MMC for an application time of 1 min. After irrigation with 40 ml saline, we allowed further diffusion of MMC in the sclera for 1, 5, 14 and 29 min until the specimens were further processed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of different concentrations and volumes of Mitomycin-C (MMC) on the intrascleral concentration vs depth profile of MMC in an experimental model. The episcleral sides of scleral quadrants of human donor eyes were exposed for 1 min to sponges (corneal light shield, Merocel Corp.) soaked with MMC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMitomycin-C has been reported to cause toxic effects on the ciliary body after episcleral application during glaucoma surgery. We investigated the intrascleral diffusion of mitomycin-C in an experimental model. The episcleral sides of scleral quadrants of 14 human donor eyes were exposed for 5 min to sponges (corneal light shield, Merocel corp.
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