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The authors present case reports of two young women, who visited the outpatient Department of Ophthalmology clinic, University Hospital in Hradec Králové with lacklustre subjective eye complaints lasting over few weeks. It the beginning high values of intraocular pressure in both eyes and severe glaucomatous damage of the optic nerve head were find out, which was confirm using perimetry and OCT (o...

Purpose: To evaluate anatomical, functional and clinical efficacy of the pattern scanning laser (PASCAL®) photocoagulation in patients with diabetic retinopathy. Methods: The cohort included 91 eyes in 50 patients (average age 63 years, 24 men and 26 women) treated at the Clinic of Ophthalmology, Faculty Hospital Ostrava, from 2008 to 2013. All eyes showed the signs of diabetic retinopathy (20.9% ...

Purpose: The objective of the study is to evaluate of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) with the use of EX-PRESS drainage implant. Evaluated was the decrease of intraocular pressure (IOP), visus stabilization, perimeter Humphrey - related finding (T 30-2), Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT) and possibility of reducing the local drug therapy. Patients and methods: Retrospective data analysis was pe...

Purpose: To compare the influence of the LASIK and ReLEx SMILE refractive method on tear osmolarity Methods: Prospective non-randomized comparative study. We evaluated the results in two groups of patients who underwent binocular refractive surgery to remove myopia and possibly astigmatism in the eye clinic of Horní Počernice. In each group were 15 patients (30 eyes), patients of one group undergo...

Introduction: Autoimmune uveitis is a sight threatening disease which in many cases fails to respond to conventional immunosuppressive or biological therapy. The research in experimental models of autoimmune uveitis helps to find new therapeutical strategies. The aim of this study is to present the clinical and histological signs of experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU) in mice. Methods: EAU was i...

Purpose: To prospectively compare postoperative results of two premium intraocular lenses EnVISTA (Bausch and Lomb) and AcrySof IQ (Alcon), focussing on glistenings and posterior capsule opacification. The evaluation of glistenings was done using Image J software and posterior capsule opacifications were quantified with OSCA system. Methods: Twenty patients (7 men and 13 women) with bilateral cata...

Case-report: The author presents case report of acute induced myopia with mild intraocular pressure elevation by young patient using trazodone. The presentation is completed with the documentation of anterior chamber depth and angle changes by using and after discontinuation of trazodone. Conclusion: Acute transient myopia may be rare side effect of systemic used drugs in predisposed patients. Ear...

A seventysix-year-old female was acutely admitted to the Eye Clinic of the University Hospital in Martin with a 1 month history of impaired central and peripheral vision on the right eye. At the admission patient`s right eye VA was fingers at 20 cm, the left eye had a central vision preserved. Magnetic resonance of the brain and orbits demonstrated cystic tumor expansion in the sellar region with ...

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), formerly known as Wegener’s granulomatosis, is an autoimmune vasculitis of small vessels, presenting as necrotizing granulomatous inflammation especially of the upper and lower respiratory tract and necrotizing glomerulonephritis. GPA affects more often Caucasians in northern states, predominantly is affected the age-range group of 50 – 60 years. GPA may aff...

The objective of the study was to determine whether there exists a difference in the central cornea thickness (CCT) in patients with hypertensive (HTG) and normotensive glaucoma (NTG), and subsequently, to compare the application of prostaglandins by corrected CCT (CCT correction) for both types of glaucoma. Material and methods: 100 eyes of 50 patients (the average age of 67) with HTG and 100 eye...

Background: Shear wave elastography (SWE) is an imaging modality using advantage of ultrasound to detect differences of elastic properties (mechanical rigidity) of tissues. SWE increasingly develops across medical specialities and is already used in hematology, urology and oncology. In the field of ophthalmology using SWE to evaluate corneal mechanical properties, peripapillary biomechanical quali...

The study provides an up-to-date overview of pathogenesis, functional and structural changes in normal tension glaucoma (NTG) and its differences from high tension glaucomas (HTG). The authors point to less known facts which make both diagnostic groups different. First of all, there are electrophysiological findings that verify pathology in the complete visual pathway in HTG in contrast to NTG whe...

Purpose: Describe the clinical finding and course of treatment in patients with a sudden decrease in visual function due to an acute occlusion of the arteria centralis retinae. Patients were primarily indicated for selective angiography with thrombolysis of the ophthalmic artery. Materials and methods: Medical documentation of two patients with acute central retinal artery occlusion with a time du...

Purpose: To report a case of patient with Miller Fisher syndrome, complicated by simultaneous bilateral acute angle-closure glaucoma in her slightly (+1.5) hyperopic eyes. Methods: We present a case report of a 71-year-old female patient presenting with total ophthalmoplegia, areflexia, ataxia and bilateral acute angle-closure glaucoma. Results: The initial ocular examination revealed hand motion ...

Uveal melanoma (UM) is a deadly cancer that leads to metastatic disease in more than 50 % of the patients. Despite the improvement in the treatment of primary disease, there is still no effective therapy to prevent the development of metastases. Therefore, the disease requires intensive research to identify new treatment strategies. In preclinical UM models, epigenetic drugs have been shown to inc...

Aim: Learn about the development and changes in foveal avascular zone (FAZ) and vascularity of retina in the surrounding zone, depending on the duration in young diabetic patients type 1 (T1DM). Methods: As part of regular one-year examinations of young T1DM patients at the Eye Clinic of the University Hospital Královské Vinohrady in Prague (Czech Republic, EU) from January to December 2019, OCT a...

Purpose: The aim of our study was to find out whether in patients with hypertensive glaucoma (HTG) and normotensive glaucoma (NTG), there is a change in the size of the chiasm depending on the changes in the visual field. Therefore, we retrospectively measured the width of the chiasm in the patients to whom we measured the size of the corpus geniculatum laterale in 2013. Materials and methods: The...

Aims: To investigate the dependence of blood vessel density and velocity in ophthalmic artery and arteria centralis retinae of the same eye in patients with normotensive glaucoma. Methods: The sample consisted of 20 patients with normotensive glaucoma (NTG). There were 17 women (mean age 56.1) and 3 men (mean age 60 years). Inclusion criteria for study: visual acuity 1.0 with correction up to ±3 d...

The paper presents the up-to-date overview of pathogenesis, functional and structural changes in normotensive glaucoma (NTG) and its differences from hypertensive glaucoma (HTG). The autors point out new facts that distinguish both diagnostic groups. In the first place are the results of OCT angiography, which verify the pathology of NTG to the anterior part of optic nerve. Our findings confirmed ...

Aim: To monitor and evaluate the differences in the evaluation of monitored indicators of quality of life of patients with proliferative and non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (DR). Methods: The research sample comprised a total of 80 patients with DR.The first group consisted of 27 patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy and the second group of 53 patients with non-proliferative diab...

Pachychoroid disease of retina is a spectrum of diseases manifested by thickening and hyperperfusion of the choroid with changes in the sensory part of the retina. The main unit of this group is central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC). In practice, we often encounter other conditions, which are manifested by thickening of the choroid and changes in the retina, but they cannot be classified as pachy...

Excimer laser refractive surgery is a procedure performed worldwide to solve refractive errors and reduce dependence on glasses or contact lenses. There has been an increase in the number of procedures performed around the world. Myopia is the most common indication for corneal photorefractive surgery. Myopic patients have a higher risk of developing some type of glaucoma in their lifetime, such a...

Purpose: Analysis of the presence of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in eyes treated with photodynamic therapy in a reduced dosing regimen (HD-PDT, half dose of verteporfin) for the chronic form of central serous chorioretinopathy (cCSC). Materials and methods: Retrospective evaluation of OCTA findings in 54 eyes of 52 patients treated for cCSC...

Aims: The main aim of this work was to find out if there is a correlation between vessel density (VD) and results of measured perfusion values in ophthalmic artery and in central retinal artery of the same eye in a group with hypertension glaucoma (HTG). Materials and methods: The file included 20 patients with HTG, thereof 13 women of average age 68.7 years (49–80 years) and 7 men of average age ...

Aim: The authors assessed the development of intraocular changes in type 1 diabetes (T1DM) from the onset of the disease leading to diabetic retinopathy (DR). The quote: “There must be an intermediate stage between the physiological intraocular finding and the diabetic retinopathy itself “, (prof. Jan Vavřinec). Methods: A two-year study (2018 and 2019) was conducted at the Department of Ophthalmo...

Aim: To evaluate the effect of crosslinking (CXL) therapy on the change in the quality of visual acuity and the change in the topographic properties of the cornea – curvature, pachymetry, and change of astigmatism, coma abberation and CLMIaa (Cone Localisation and Magnitude Index). Methods: A retrospective analytical study included 29 eyes of 24 patients who had progressed in the last 12 months an...

Aims: Present the use of Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA) in vitreoretinal interface diseases and results of macular capillary network evaluation before and after idiopathic macular hole surgery (IMD). Methodology: Prospective evaluation of functional results, anatomical and OCTA findings before and after IMD surgery. The group consists of 8 eyes of eight patients. Preoperatively an...

The aim of this study was to establish, if there exists the difference between Ganglion Cell Complex (GCL) and the Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer (RNFL) measurements in the same altitudinal half of the eye in hyper-tension (HTG) and normal-tension glaucomas (NTG). Materials and Methods: We examined both eyes in altogether 50 patients (100 eyes). The cohort was divided into two groups, in each of them; ...

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the ocular surface in patients treated with prostaglandin analogues considering contained preservative agent. Methods: 60 patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension treated with prostaglandin analogue monotherapy were enrolled in this observational study. 20 patients with glaucoma suspect or ocular hypertension without local or systemic glaucoma me...

The paper presents summary report which approaching the issue of this affection and includes a retrospective study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of treatment modalitiesinfantilehemangiomasperiorbitalandorbitallocalizationin paediatric patients observed in the period 2009–2014 on the Children’s Eye Clinic....

Aim: To determine, if in the group of hypertensive (HTG) and normal-tension glaucomas exists correlation among ganglion cell complex (GCC) and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) in the same altitudinal half of the retina and sum of sensitivities of the visual field’s opposite half (hemifield test) of the same eye. Materials and methods: In the HTG group, there were 25 patients; thereof 12 women of t...

Aim: The aim of the study was to determine whether hypertensive glaucoma (HTG) with different types of treatment leads to significant damage in any of the evaluated parameters. Sample and methodology: The sample, consisting of 36 HTG patients (72 eyes), was divided into three subgroups: In the first group, patients were treated with combination therapy (latanoprost + timolol, latanoprost + dorzola...

Introduction: Topamax (topiramate) is a drug used in the treatment of epilepsy or migraine. Its use may rarely be associated with the occurrence of secondary angle-closure glaucoma due to supraciliary effusion. Although the ocular finding resembles primary angle-closure glaucoma, bilateral infliction should always raise the suspicion that it is drug-induced glaucoma. Case report: The authors prese...

Aims: To describe the aetiology and microbial susceptibility profile of endophthalmitis cases treated at an ophthalmological referral centre in Colombia. Material and Methods: A retrospective descriptive study was carried out with all endophthalmitis cases referred to the Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander FOSCAL (Floridablanca, Colombia) from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2015. Results: 121 eye...

Aim: Mutations in the myocilin gene (MYOC) cause trabecular dysfunction and thus are involved in the pathogenesis of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). The aim of this study was to characterize and describe the clinical findings in two Czech families with POAG due to pathogenic variants in the MYOC gene. Material and methods: Members of the two families affected by POAG underwent complete ophthal...

Aim of the study: To compare the intraocular pressure (IOP) lowering effect and postoperative complications between primary augmented trabeculectomy and glaucoma drainage device (GDD) implantation as primary surgical intervention in patients with juvenile-onset open angle glaucoma (JOAG). Patients and Methods: A retrospective review study involving 20 eyes that underwent primary augmented trabecul...

Purpose: Evaluation of the long-term effect of rheopheresis treatment of dry form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Materials and Methods: The treatment group consisted of 65 patients and 55 patients in the control group, with a minimum follow-up period of 60 months. The basic treatment consisted of 8 rheopheresis procedures, and the additional treatment (booster therapy) of 2 rheopheresi...

Aim: We present a case report of a patient with dry form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in whom we monitored the effect of rheohemapheresis (RhF) treatment over 6 years. Methods: A 67-year-old man was examined in April 2014 at the Department of Ophthalmology at the University Hospital in Hradec Králové for metamorphopsia and decreased visual acuity of the left eye. The patient received ...

Aims: To compare the changes of central corneal thickness (CCT) and intraocular pressure (IOP) post-phacoemulsification between cataract patients with and without pre-existing glaucoma. Materials and methods: A prospective cohort study of 86 patients with visually significant cataract: 43 with pre-existing glaucoma (GC group) and 43 without pre-existing glaucoma (CO group). CCT and IOP were evalua...

Aims: To analyze changes in surgically induced corneal astigmatism and artificial intraocular lens (IOL) stability over time following cataract surgery. To compare the interchangeability of measurements between an automatic keratorefractometer (AKRM) and a biometer. Material and methods: In this prospective observational study, the above-mentioned parameters were collected from 25 eyes (25 subject...

Aims: The aim of the study was to retrospectively evaluate changes in vision after the implantation of trifocal (tIOL) or rotationally asymmetric multifocal artificial intraocular lenses (mIOL) in patients undergoing clear lens extraction. The main goal was to determine whether changes to central visual acuity occur after the implantation of an IOL at a follow-up examination after one year. Other ...

Aims: The aim of the study was to determine the limits of the far nasal part of the visual field. Material and Methods: Visual field examination was performed in 15 healthy subjects (30 eyes), specifically nine women aged 20–43 years and six men aged 22–35 years. All eyes were found to have physiological ocular findings and visual acuity of 1.0 with correction less than or equal to 3 diopters. The...

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine possible changes in the conventionally undiagnosed nasal visual field in patients diagnosed with early primary open angle glaucoma. Material and Methods: Examination of the far nasal part of the visual field was performed in 30 patients (60 eyes) with early stage of primary open angle glaucoma (preperimetric stage of changes). The cohort consisted of 16 wo...

Aims: To study the relationship between the severity of COVID-induced metabolic changes and the structure and frequency of retinal changes, according to funduscopy data in patients with different clinical courses of COVID-19. Materials and methods: 117 patients with COVID-19 were examined. While examining patients, severity of the course of COVID-19, the expressiveness of changes in the metabolic ...