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OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to assess the functional outcomes registered in patients from the Western part of Romania, who have been treated for retinopathy of prematurity, using a laser diode (810mn). MATERIALS AND METHODS: In the current study 52 premature infants with gestational age<34 weeks and a birth weight <2000 grams, 96 eyes in total were included. The functional outcomes were assessed by determining the best corrected visual acuity and refractive error. Statistical analysis used: The data were analysed using the IBM SPSS 20 software. Pearson Correlation was used to assess the strength of the relation between different parameters. OUTCOMES: For the eyes with the best visual function (BCVA between 0.8 and 1.0), mean gestational age was 29,452 weeks (SD = 1.958), mean weight at birth was 1363.38 grams (SD = 304.655), the mean energy used during treatment was 370.73 mW (SD = 95.972), and the mean number of burns applied was 1470.44 (SD = 581.960). The spherical equivalent ranged between -24.6 D and +3.4 D. High astigmatism (>3.0 D) was found in 26 eyes (27.08 %) and anisometropia in 29 patients (55.77%). There is a strong positive correlation, statistically significant (P<0.001) between best corrected visual acuity and spherical equivalent, and a negative correlation, statistically significant (P=0.001), between best corrected visual acuity and the number of impacts during laser treatment. CONCLUSION: A long term follow-up is necessary in order to obtain an improvement in the quality of life and visual function of the patients who received laser treatment for retinopathy of prematurity.
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The paper is a statistical retrospective trial that evaluates the prevalence of postoperative complications of the cataract surgery in the IInd Department of Ophthalmology Timisoara. The parameters of interest were the type and the frequency of the postoperative complication encountered after the extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) followed by a PMMA intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. The most frequent early postoperative complications were endoepithelial comeal edema (20.8%), inflammatory complications (uveitis) (8.72%), hemorrhagic complications (4.02%), and postoperative rise of IOP (8.05%). Out of late complication, we encountered cystoid macular edema (1.34%), bullous keratopathy (1.34%), IOL malposition (0.67%) and secondary glaucoma (1%).
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Cataract Extraction/adverse effects , Aged , Computer Graphics , Female , Glaucoma/etiology , Humans , Hyphema/etiology , Macular Edema/etiology , Male , Retrospective Studies , Uveitis/etiologyABSTRACT
PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to observe the anatomical changes that occur in the tumoral pathology of the orbit, as well as to underline the importance of computed tomographic examination in the investigation of the orbital tumoral pathology. MATERIAL AND METHOD: This study has been conducted in the Military Hospital of Timisoara by a team made of anatomists, radiologists and ophthalmologists. A number of 215 patients were examined over a period of six years, between 1998-2002. The computed tomography examinations were made with Picker IQ Premier equipment, using contiguous native axial sections of 2 to 5 mm thick, after intravenous injection of non-ionic contrast-enhancing substance for vascular identification and iodophilic quantification specific to each structure. RESULTS: From the 215 patients that had undergone a CT examination of the orbits, 41 cases had positive orbital tumoral pathology. The primary tumors of the optic nerve had the highest incidence being present in 12 cases, of which 9 with glioma and 3 with meningioma. The second most frequent were the vascular tumors revealed in 11 cases. CONCLUSION: Due to its diagnosis performances CT has to be considered as a routine investigation method, recommended as a method of choice in orbital tumoral pathology.
