[Diabetic retinopathy and pregnancy].

This article reviews the critical issue of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in pregnant women with diabetes mellitus (DM), and describes the current understanding of the features of DM progression during pregnancy, as well as its pathogenic mechanisms, risk factors, and preventive measures for manifestation and progression of DR during gestation.

[Risk factors associated with myopic maculopathy in acquired myopia].

Purpose: This study aimed to identify factors associated with the development of myopic maculopathy (MM) in patients with acquired myopia.

Material And Methods: The study included a total of 135 patients (41 men, 94 women; 135 eyes) over 30 years old with acquired myopia and axial length (AL) of 26 mm. Forty-six patients had MM, while 89 (66%) had no macular changes.

[Bilateral uveitis associated with protein kinase inhibitor-based treatment of skin melanoma (case study)].

The article presents a clinical case of bilateral uveitis with macular edema that developed during long-term administration of vemurafenib. Methods of conservative treatment of malignant tumors are presently available and reasonably effective. However, at the same time drugs can have toxic effect on normal cells in various tissues of the body.

[Investigation of diabetic retinopathy progression in women with diabetes mellitus during pregnancy].

Purpose: The study evaluates the transient and stationary diabetic retinal changes in pregnant women with diabetes mellitus (DM) based on the analysis of individual clinical cases of diabetic retinopathy (DR) progression.

Material And Methods: The study examined 24 pregnant women with DM. The examination was carried out in each trimester of pregnancy and 6 months after delivery.

[Optical coherence tomography angiography in diagnosis of changes in macular capillary blood flow in chronic ischemic retinopathy].

Purpose: Assessment of the indices of macular capillary blood flow and subfoveal choroidal thickness (SCT) using optical coherence tomography angiography in patients with retinal manifestations of ocular ischemic syndrome (RMOIS) associated with atherosclerotic internal carotid artery stenosis.

Material And Methods: The study included 34 patients (68 eyes): 21 men, 13 women with RMOIS in one eye. All patients were divided into 2 groups depending on the severity of atherosclerotic internal carotid artery stenosis and ophthalmoscopic picture of the fundus.

[Occurrence of myopic maculopathy in eyes with staphylomas of various localization].

Unlabelled: Complicated myopia develops in young people of working age, of which about 30% subsequently become visually impaired. Formation of ocular staphyloma affects the macula causing myopic maculopathy, which leads to significant and irreversible decrease in visual functions.

Purpose: To study the occurrence frequency of various forms of myopic maculopathy in scleral staphylomas of different localization in patients with pathologic myopia.

[Anatomical and morphometric features of anterior eye segment structures in hyperopia and the risk of developing primary angle-closure glaucoma].

Purpose: To study features of anatomical and morphometric parameters of the structures of anterior eye segment in young patients with moderate and high hyperopia in order to identify the signs of an increased risk of developing primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) and its acute attack.

Material And Methods: The study included 160 eyes (80 patients) with axial length (AL) of less than 23 mm. Patients with moderate or high hyperopia were divided into two groups according to their age ranges (the 1 - 27 patients (54 eyes) under 40 years old; the 2 - 27 patients (54 eyes) of 41-50 years old, the comparison group - 26 patients (52 eyes) of 42-50 years old with the initial stage of PACG.

[Features of retinal blood flow in pregnant women with carbohydrate metabolism disorders].

Unlabelled: Studying the condition of retinal blood flow in pregnant women with disorders of carbohydrate metabolism contributes to early detection of diabetic retinopathy (DR), which is necessary for timely treatment and preservation of high visual functions.

Purpose: To study retinal blood flow in pregnant women with disorders of carbohydrate metabolism using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in order to determine the criteria for manifestation and progression of DR.

Material And Methods: The study examined 203 pregnant women in the third trimester: 24 - with type 1 and 2 diabetes (T1D and T2D), 143 - with gestational diabetes (GD), and 36 apparently healthy women with physiological pregnancy that comprised the control group.

[Phacoemulsification in prevention of acute angle-closure glaucoma attack].

Unlabelled: Analysis of the effectiveness of preventative phacoemulsification (PE) in anatomically short eyes with an increased risk of an acute glaucoma attack in thickened lens can help in choosing the optimal management tactics for these patients.

Purpose: To study the changes in morphometric parameters of the anterior segment of anatomically short eyes with an increased risk of acute glaucoma attack before and after preventative PE.

Material And Methods: The study included 70 patients (70 eyes) with a high risk of acute glaucoma attack in short anatomical axial length and thickened lens, with posterior and middle positions of the ciliary body.