Efficacy and safety of contact transscleral diode laser cyclophotocoagulation for advanced glaucoma.

Background: This prospective study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of transscleral diode laser cyclophotocoagulation in refractory, advanced glaucoma.

Patients And Methods: One hundred eyes of 100 patients with advanced glaucoma refractory to medical treatment were consecutively treated by transscleral diode laser cyclophotocoagulation. Success was defined as a final intraocular pressure between 5 and 21 mm Hg in eyes with a visual acuity of more than hard movements, relief of pain in eyes with a visual acuity of hand movements or less including blind eyes, and reduction of carbonic anhydrase inhibitor use in all eyes.

[Cyclocryocoagulation in treatment of therapy refractory glaucoma: a retrospective analysis of 185 cryocoagulation procedures].

Background: For several years it has been discussed whether cyclocryotherapy is still an up-to-date treatment of resistant inadequately controlled glaucoma. This retrospective study investigates the clinical aspects of 185 cyclocryotherapies between 1988 and 1997.

Patients And Methods: At the University Eye Clinic of Tübingen, 114 patients received in 119 eyes (64.

Colour vision disturbances in chronic smokers.

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to test the influence of smoking on colour perception.

Subjects And Methods: At the University Eye Hospital Tübingen, 76 generally healthy smokers with inconspicuous ophthalmological findings (visual acuity, refraction, intraocular pressure, morphology) were examined by the cap-sorting test, Roth 28-hue desaturated. Group 1 was comprised of smokers (n = 20; M 9, F 11; mean age 28.

[Bilateral neuroretinitis with zoster infection].

Background: Infections with varicella zoster virus may involve the optic nerve and the retina. Different pathomechanisms have been discussed. We present a case with an autoimmune inflammatory reaction according to the clinical course.

Effect of sucralfate and basic fibroblast growth factor on fibrovascular ingrowth into hydroxyapatite and porous polyethylene alloplastic implants using a novel rabbit model.

This study investigated the effects of sucralfate and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) on fibrovascular ingrowth into porous implant materials. Seven white female New Zealand rabbits underwent bilateral abdominal incisions through which porous orbital spherical or and disc-shaped implants were inserted between their abdominal muscles. Eighty hydroxyapatite (HA) and porous polyethylene (PP) implants, each material of different pore sizes, were implanted.