[Surgical rehabilitation of a patient with corneal perforation in keratoconjunctivitis sicca syndrome]. / Khirurgicheskaia reabilitatsiia bol'noi s perforatsiei rogovoi obolochki pri sindrome sukhogo keratokon"iunktivita.

The authors describe effective surgical rehabilitation of a female patient with corneal perforation and subsequent complicated cataract developing against the background of chronic deficiency of lacrimal production associated with Sjogren's syndrome which developed in the presence of rheumatoid arthritis. Treatment with artificial tears during complex pre- and postoperative therapy prevented serious complications and made unnecessary the preliminary interventions aimed at inhibition of lacrimal production. Long remission of the underlying disease and stability of visual functions during 2 years evidence the efficiency of rehabilitative measures.

[Efficiency of removing a transparent lens in high myopia]. / O tselesoobraznosti udaleniia prozrachnogo khrustalika pri miopii vysokoi stepeni.

Results of removal of a transparent lens in high myopia are analyzed. The operation was performed in two stages according to V. S. Belyaev and T. S. Ilyina. The second stage of the operation (lens extraction) was performed by the extracapsular method, which prevented vitreous prolapse into the anterior chamber in all cases and ruled out the possibility of detachment of the posterior plate of the vitreous and retina. Simple technique of the operation, good remote results, no need in expensive instruments or equipment recommend this operation for any ophthalmological department performing extracapsular cataract extractions.

[Cataract extraction in a patient with sympathetic uveitis after immunity correcting therapy]. / Ekstraktsiia katarakty u bol'nogo s simpaticheskim uveitom posle provedeniia immunokorregiruiushchei terapii.

A complicated cataract on the only eye was effectively extracted in a patient with uveitis running a sluggish course with manifest disorders of T-cell immunity. Immune correction in combination with routine therapy of uveitis helped prepare the patient to surgery for cataract and attain good results.