Short-term effects of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection on ocular blood flow evaluated with color Doppler ultrasonography

AIM:To evaluate the changes in ocular blood flow with color Doppler ultrasonography(CDU) after intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide(IVTA) injection.METHODS:A total of 46 patients who underwent IVTA(4 mg/0.1 mL) injection for diabetic macular edema(DME)(n =22), central retinal vein occlusion(CRVO)(n =12) and choroidal neovascular membrane(CNVM)(n =12) were included in the study. Peak systolic velocity(PSV), end diastolic velocity(EDV) and resistivity index(RI) were measured from the ophthalmic artery(OA), the central retinal artery(CRA) and the posterior ciliary artery(PCA)of each patient with CDU before, at the end of the first week and at the end of the first month following IVTA injection.RESULTS:In the DME group, PSV of OA at the first of the first month(mean ±SD)(37.48 ±10.87 cm/s) increased compared to pre-injection value(31.39 ±10.84 cm/s)(P =0.048). There was a statistically significant decrease(P =0.049) in PSV of CRA at the end of the first month(7.97±2.67 cm/s) compared to the pre-injection(9.47±3.37 cm/s).There was not any statistically significant difference onthe other parameters in the DME group. Also, there was not any statistically significant difference on the ocular blood flow values in the CRVO and CNVM groups.CONCLUSION:We observed that 4 mg/0.1 mL IVTA increased PSV of OA and decreased PSV of CRA in DME patients and did not have any effect on ocular blood flow values of CRVO and CNVM patients.

Effectivity of intraoperative adjustable suture technique in horizontal strabismus

AIMTo compare the long-term effectivity of intraoperative adjustable suture technique with traditional non-adjustable strabismus surgery.

白内障超声乳化术后前房膜形成的危险因素(英文)

目的:探讨白内障超声乳化术后前房膜形成的危险因素。方法:对1356例行白内障超声乳化+单片式PMMA人工晶体植入术患者进行前瞻性研究。假性囊膜剥脱综合症,核硬度,瞳孔大小,超声时间,实际超声时间,系统性疾病,术中并发症(囊膜撕裂,悬韧带断裂,后囊破裂伴玻璃体丢失),IOL植入位置和术后并发症(眼内压变化,粘连形成)作为膜形成的危险因素分析。结果:观察到111例患者(8.1%)术后出现伴有膜形成的纤维素性前葡萄膜炎。膜形成平均时间是术后第2d(术后第1～7d),膜存在持续时间平均为5.2d(1～48d)。在膜形成病例中,+4级核病例占45%,而在无膜形成病例中仅为13.5%,差异具有显著统计学意义(P<0.05)。在膜形成组,平均超声时间为2.4min,平均实际超声时间为32.8s,而无膜形成组分别为1.8min和22.1s。这两项参数在膜形成组均明显较长(P<0.05)。在膜形成组中,出现后囊破裂伴玻璃体丢失和IOL睫状沟植入者占33%,而无膜形成组为11%(P<0.05)。其他危险因素在膜形成组和无膜形成组中的比较无统计学意义。在术后第1d和第7d,平均最佳矫正视力(Snellen视力表)在膜形成组分别为0.2和0.4,无膜形成组为0.4和0.6(P<0.05)。但术后3mo,平均最佳矫正视力在膜形成组和无膜形成组中结果相似(分别为0.8和0.9)。结论:晶状体核硬度较高,较长超声时间和实际超声时间,术中后囊破裂是术后前房纤维膜形成的明显相关性危险因素。