[Surgery for retinal detachment in the years 1989-1994]. / Leczenie operacyjne odwarstwien siatkówki w latach 1989-1994.

PURPOSE: Evaluation of early and long-term results of retinal detachments operated in the recent years. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 99 eyes of 98 patients were examined. The conventional methods of retinal detachment surgery have been applied, mostly (above 75%) encirclement with subretinal fluid drainage. RESULTS: Anatomical reattachment was applied in 81.8% of cases, but after follow-up, meanly 2.5 years this percent was 66.2% in the majority of cases functional results were also good; in 18.5% of the eyes with anatomical reatachment visual acuity did not improve. CONCLUSION: Encirclement of the eyeball with subretinal fluid drainage is the basic and the most useful method of surgical treatment in most cases of retinal detachment.

[Surgical methods in patients with cataract and myopia]. / Postepowanie chirurgiczne u chorych z zacma i krótkowzrocznoscia.

PURPOSE: To present own experiences in cataract surgery in myopic eyes. METHODS: 72 eyes of patients, aged 41-84, with 4-year follow-up were analysed. According to the degree of myopia, the patients were divided into 3 groups: MP up to -4.0 D (29 eyes), mp from -4.25 D to -8.0 D (27 eyes) and MP > -8.0 D (16 eyes). Extracapsular cataract extraction was performed in 55 eyes (76.4%) and intracapsular in 11 (15.2%). Posterior IOLS were implanted in 30 eyes (41.6%), anterior IOLS (including 4 secondary ones) in 26 (36.1%) and 16 eyes (22.2%) were operated on without IOLS implantation. RESULTS: Good visual acuity (> 0.5) was achieved in 73.6% of cases, useful visual acuity (> 0.1) in 89%. The results as well as the postoperative complications were compared with the control group of non-myopic eyes. Glaucoma was observed in 18% of myopic eyes and in 10% of non-myopic but it was not significant. CONCLUSION: The safest method of cataract surgery in myopic eyes is extracapsular extraction with posterior IOL implantation. These eyes should be operated on by very experienced surgeons.

[Remarks on iris complications caused by intraocular lens implantation based on our own experiences]. / Uwagi na temat powiklan teczówkowych wywolanych wszczepieniem sztucznej soczewki na podstawie doswiadczen wlasnych.

Of 346 cataract extractions with IOLs implantation (184 anterior and 162 posterior chamber) in 98 eyes iris complications were observed. They were: pigment dispersion syndrome and iris-tuck-syndrome, the latter caused by the pressure of the haptic part of the lens. In our material these complications were observed more often after posterior chamber IOLs than in anterior ones. However, the consequences of the complications were more serious and had worse prognosis in anterior chamber IOLs. The authors compared their results with literature.

[Implantation of intraocular lens in anterior and posterior chamber from our clinical material]. / Wszczepy sztucznych soczewek przednioi tylnokomorowych w materiale wlasnym.

The authors presented results of 346 cataract extraction with IOL implantation--in 184 eyes anterior and in 162 posterior chamber. The follow-up ranged from 3 months to 6 years (mean 1.6 year). In 80.6% of cases, visual acuity after surgery was 0.6-1.0. Corneal astigmatismus 2.5-5.0 D was found in 31.2% of the eyes. The authors analysed early and late complications, taking into account the differences between anterior and posterior chamber IOLs implantation.

[Assessment of the need for treatment of periodontal diseases by means of the Bellini system]. / Beurteilung der Behandlungsbedürftigkeit bei Parodontalerkrankungen mit dem Bellini-System.

The authors evaluate the usefulness of a new classification system for the need for care of peridodontal diseases. The system in question has been elaborated by Bellini and is to date little known in the People's Republic of Poland. The system was tested in students of the Medical Academy and employees of an enterprise in Poznan. It was stated that Bellini's system is very suited for the examination of great population groups. It permits to appreciate in no time the periodontal condition and to determine the kind and the number of the necessary prophylactic and therapeutic measures and the time required for them.