[The efficacy of Charleux's peripheral iridectomy]. / Eficienta iridectomiei periferice Charleux.

The simplicity of Charleux's technique for peripheral iridectomy is underlined. In a lot of 15 eyes with acute angle closure glaucoma, the i.o.p. after surgery was under 21 mm Hg when the attack lasted less than 48 hours. In a second group of 20 eyes with occludable angle/congener eyes suffered attacks/peripheral iridectomy with Charleux's technique prevented acute angle closure/56 months of postoperative observation.

[Hemorrhage in cataract extraction]. / Hemoragia expulsiva.

The paper presents the evolution at ten eyes (nine patients) that presented expulsive hemorrhage during surgical act of extracapsular extraction with implant of crystalline lens. There are several cases of extracapsular extraction than intracapsular extraction which were more short like duration. The frequency of female was 90% from cases. The good results show the efficiency of associated treatment: closing of the eyeball with scleral punctura and internal tamponing. Only one eye was lost functionally.

[Current treatment of endophthalmitis]. / Tratamentul actual al endoftalmiei.

Are communicated the good results obtained at four eyes with endophthalmia. The patients are treated with fluoroquinolones and cephalosporins at three eye or ampicillin. The eyeball was saved in all cases and at three eyes from it is obtained a good visual acuity.

[A technical simplification of Barkan's goniotomy]. / O simplificare tehnica a goniotomiei Barkan.

The Barkan goniotomy is more effective as the anterior chamber is longer maintained during the operation. The authors succeeded in good angular debridation, maintaining the chamber using a metilcelulosis solution from a 2 cc syringe and abandoning any other tubulature for infusion liquids. There were good results at 5 years, with lowering and the reducing of the corneal diameters, by a unique goniotomy.

[Surgery of concomitant strabismus with an adjustable suture]. / Chirurgia strabismului concomitent cu sutura reglabila.

The authors emphasize the main features of the "adjustable suture" in concomitant strabismus surgery. Good results (over 92% of orthotropia) were noted especially in very young children (under 3 years of age)--cases in which an exact study on the status of motricity and vision is not possible.

[Posttraumatic blood clot in the anterior chamber--the therapeutic problems]. / Cheagul sanguin posttraumatic in camera anterioara--probleme terapeutice.

Blood presence in anterior chamber in coagulated form raises special therapeutical problems. Even when the blood pressure is normal, it is not allowed to wait too much, because the clot doesn't have the tendency of fast resorption. They are emphasized the surgical difficulties, caused by a too large opening and by adherence of the clot to the iris, capsule of the lens and hyaloid, the necessity of use of a spatula for the detachment of the clot in case the urokinasis may not be used.

[The artificial crystalline lens implant in diabetic patients]. / Implantul de cristalin artificial la pacienti diabetici.

Are presented the results obtained by artificial lens pupillary implant (Fedorov) at 22 eyes, 18 patients between 48-81 years old, to which the development of cataracta was characterized by a great difference between the eyes. It have been obtained 63% very good visual acuity (5/10 and over) and 31% good (5/15-5/40). The authors Conclusion is the artificial lens implant may be done on diabetic patients if FO doesn't have great modifications.

[The immediate results of trabeculoplasty with the YAG-neodymium laser in wide-angle glaucoma]. / Rezultate imediate ale trabeculoplastiei cu laser YAG-neodinium în glaucomul de unghi larg.

There are discussed the observations that had been done for a period of 10 weeks about, after the YAG-neodymium laser trabeculoplasty for 79 eyes suffering of simple chronic glaucoma. The choosing of the patients has been done because of the tensional uncompensation under the maximum treatment for 42 eyes having ocular tension constantly over 30 mm Hg, or because of the lack tolerating the drugs, the secondary, effects, allergy. The average decreasing was of 6.31 mm Hg, high semnificative from the point of view of statistic mathematics but the decreasing of the tension researches 15 mm Hg for isolated cases, that permitting to decrease or renounce the drugs.

[The marking of the anterior crystalloid in the extracapsular extraction of the crystalline lens by the intrasaccular (in the bag) technic]. / Marcarea cristaloidei anterioare în extractia extracapsulara a cristalinului prin tehnica intrasaculara (in the bag).

The authors try to mark the anterior crystalloid before sectioning it, using the chemical touch (solution three coloured acetic or sodium hydroxide) or by means of physical methods (electrocoagulation or diathermy for minimum electric power). In vivo the two last methods have given stable whitish points by the middle of which had been executed the sectioning of the crystalloid. The authors emphasize the advantages that are known by the technique of the extracapsular extraction of the crystalline in the bag and the simplifying of the manoeuvre for marking the anterior crystalloid.

[The lessening of papillary excavation after the hypotonic treatment of the glaucomatous eye]. / Scaderea excavatiei papilare dupa hipotonizarea ochiului glaucomatos.

The possibility of improving the aspect of the glaucomatous excavation under the influence of the postoperative ocular hypotonization is shown on 12 eyes (11 patients) observed during the past 13 years. All patients suffered from very advanced chronic simple glaucoma--8 had a C/D 0.9 (postoperatively 0.6 in 3 eyes, 0.4 in 4 eyes and 0.1 in 1 eye), 3 a C/D 0.8 (postoperatively 0.4 in 1 eye and 0.2 in 2 eyes) and 1 a C/D 0.7 (which diminished postoperatively to 0.4). Of the 12 eyes, only one showed an improvement of the visual field, 5 a lowering of the visual acuity (progression of the cataract) and 3 a decrease of the visual field after a new increase of the intraocular pressure.

[Charleux's method of basal iridectomy]. / Observatii asupra iridectomiei bazale Charleux.

Retrograde transcorneal iridectomy suggested by Charleux and Etienne was used in 27 eyes (20 patients) suffering from glaucoma with closed angle (in 12 eyes with acute attack and in 15 congeneric eyes) (prophylactic). The post- or intrasurgical complications were absent. The operation was simple and had good results. The hospitalization period was of 2-3 days.

[The therapeutic use of the neodymium-YAG laser in ophthalmology]. / Aplicatii terapeutice ale laserului neodymium-YAG în oftalmologie.

The authors present the new data on the therapeutic applications of neodymium-YAG laser in ophthalmology.

[Obstructive glaucoma--the comparative results with different surgical technics]. / Glaucomul obstructiv--rezultate comparative prin tehnici chirurgicale diferite.

The authors operated 20 eyes of secondary glaucoma, the angle being blocked by goniosynechias (obstructive glaucoma). All the eyes had a past history of 1-7 antiglaucoma operations by conventional techniques without lowering intraocular tension. The Benedikt operation was efficient in 3 of 10 eyes (compensation of less than 24 mmHg with medication); the La Roca technique in 3 of 7 eyes, and the Nesterov operation in none of the 3 eyes in which it was applied.