abstract：AIM:Ocular hemodynamics is of great interest in glaucoma, especially since vascular disturbances may play a pathogenetic role in disease development. To investigate the hemodynamic differences between normal pressure glaucoma patients and normal volunteers, flow velocities of the retrobulbar vessels were measured by co...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Huber KK,Plange N,Arend O,Remky A

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antibodies (Ab) against the acetylcholine receptor (AChR) are found in 80 - 90 % of generalized myasthenia gravis (MG), but only in 50 % of pure ocular MG. Furthermore, Ab against the muscle-specific receptor tyrosine kinase (MuSK) were detected in 38 - 54 % of patients with AChR-Ab-negative ("seronegative")...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Bau V,Hanisch F,Hain B,Zierz S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessment of visual acuity depends on the optotypes used for measurement. The ability to recognize different optotypes differs even if their critical details appear under the same visual angle. Since optotypes are evaluated on individuals with good visual acuity and without eye disorders, differences in the...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Becker R,Gräf M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Uveitis is a frequent and potentially vision-threatening manifestation of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). There are only a few population-based studies providing data on the frequency and severity of uveitis. METHODS:Documentation of patients with JIA was collected in a national database. An analysis o...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Heiligenhaus A,Niewerth M,Mingels A,Ganser G,Thon A,Pleyer U,Greiner K,Minden K

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the EU more than 70 % of national law has already been replaced by EU law. Medical doctors are mostly not informed, how these EU-laws will pass. Many directives, regulations and decisions are important for medical doctors. A characterization of the EU- institutions is represented. ...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Grewe R

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knowledge of individual corneal thickness in individual eyes is proving to be more and more crucial for correcting Goldmann applanation tonometry, as well as to assess its predictive value regarding the possible progression of glaucomatous damage. It has become an important factor in determining appropriate ...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Jordan JF,Dietlein TS,Dinslage S,Krieglstein GK

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of glaucoma in patients with intra- or extraocular inflammation is five to twenty percent. The etiopathogenesis is manifold, including classical secondary open and closed angle mechanisms as well as specific inflammatory elements. Diagnosis and follow-up studies of inflammatory glaucomas are often diffi...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Grüb M,Deuter CM,Zierhut M

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Today, for the preparation of donor and recipient cornea during keratoplasty either single-use or reusable metal trephines are commonly used although excimer and femtosecond laser systems are available. Due to the surgical techniques as well as the configuration of metal trephine's cutting edge irregular cornea...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Lingenfelder C,Kupferschmid S,Grabowy U,Kleinen L,Spraul CW

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thanks to technical advances the surgical options for corneal grafting have been widely expanded in recent years. Promoted by new instruments and techniques for intrastromal dissection a number of variations of lamellar keratoplasty, including descriptive terms and abbreviations have been suggested. This creative chao...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Geerling G,Seitz B

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study describes the clinical, topographical, pachymetrical, and histological features of a unique corneal disorder: keratoglobus. CASE REPORT:Ultrasound pachymetry proved that the structure of the cornea was evenly thinning towards the periphery. Histological examinations disclosed the absence of Bowma...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Módis L,Sohajda Z,Komár T,Hassan Z,Berta A

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postoperative hyperopia is a frequent result of cataract surgery in eyes after previous myopic kerato-refractive surgery. One reason for the underestimation of intraocular lens (IOL) power is the wrong corneal refractive power measurement obtained by keratometers and corneal topography systems after LASIK. T...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Schäfer S,Kürzinger G,Spraul CW,Kampmeier J

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofibromatosis 2 is an autosomal-dominant disease, which is characterized by vestibular schwannomas, cataract, retinal hamartomas as well as tumors of the peripheral and central nerve system, demonstrating a variety of expression. The ophthalmologist plays an important role in making the diagnosis, as several ocula...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Feucht M,Mautner VF,Richard G

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased intracranial pressure (ICP) usually results in headaches and papilledema with infrequent loss of visual acuity. Peripapillary subretinal neovessel membranes (PSNVM) rarely complicate chronic papilledema. HISTORY AND SIGNS:Case 1: A headache-free 9-year-old boy presented with a bilateral loss of vi...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Nguyen C,Borruat FX

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the setting of a normal neurological examination, accommodation spasm is frequently attributed to a non-organic etiology. Occasionally, organic disorders are associated. In particular, central lesions involving the dorsal midbrain and quadrigeminal plate have been described with disorders of accommodation...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Kawasaki A,Borruat FX

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present study investigates how often a simultaneous fluorescein and indocyanine green (ICG) angiography had therapeutic consequences and if it is useful as a clinical routine diagnostic tool. PATIENTS AND METHODS:502 consecutive simultaneous angiographies in eyes with exudative macular degeneration were...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Helbig H,Niederberger H,Valmaggia C,Bischoff P

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Presented is a patient whose history showed that during a hammer-blow on a piece of iron something had flown into his left eye. Clinical investigation revealed a 9-mm long, horizontal, paracentrally located, penetrating corneal wound. Temporally in the same region the iris was torn in its entire width. The l...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Gracner B,Pahor D,Gracner T,Falez M

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Implantation of rigid gold or platinum lid weights (lidloading) represents the most common method for therapy of patients with lagophthalmus as a result of facial palsy. In a more recent approach also flexible platinum chains have been used. Glaucoma has frequently been described as a contraindication for li...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Schrom T,Habermann A,Wernecke K,Scherer H,Duncker G

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant diseases of the orbit are multifaceted and require in the majority of the cases an interdisciplinary treatment. Advances in radiotherapy, surgery and chemotherapy make a high cure rate possible, especially in children's tumors. In adults these tumors reach a tumor control rate of nearly 90 %, even with prese...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Kuhnt T,Müller AC,Werschnik C,Janich M,Gerlach R,Dunst J

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infections of the orbit and of the periorbital region are not uncommon. Even today they constitute a serious problem, in spite of modern antibiotic treatment, with a potential risk of lethal complications. Orbital infections are most prevalent in children and adolescents. The acute orbit has many causes, but...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Knipping S,Bloching M

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Duane retraction syndrome (DURS) accounts for 1 - 4 % of all cases of strabismus. Approximately 90 % of the cases are sporadic with a preponderance for females and the left eye. Many associated ocular and systemic findings have been described. Recently, mutations of SALL4 have been found in patients with aut...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Wabbels BK,Kohlhase J,Lorenz B

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chronic hepatitis C-therapy is limited to the combined use of PEG-ylated interferons and ribavirin. Side effects of this therapy include retinal changes that manifest with bleeding, cotton wool spots and/or thrombosis. PATIENT:A 51-year-old man presented with a sudden decrease of visual acuity. Chronic he...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Kirchhoff A,Kirchhoff U,Lafrenz M,Guthoff R

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optical biometry with the IOL-Master is an innovative technique that claims to improve the refractive results of cataract surgery compared to acoustical biometry. METHODS:In 140 consecutive non-selected eyes prior to cataract surgery firstly an optical biometry (IOL-Master, Zeiss, V.2.02) and secondly an ul...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Kutschan A,Wiegand W

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The success of penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) after penetrating eye injuries is often worse than in keratoplasty with Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy. However, comparable investigations are rare. Therefore, we have retrospectively analyzed the results and complication rates of PKPs in patients who experienced p...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Suleiman Y,Amm M,Duncker GI,Nölle B

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual acuity can be assessed by different strategies. The constant-stimulus-, the stair-case-, the Best-PEST-strategies, and the EN ISO 8596 are discussed. In cases of presumed psychogenic visual impairment and malingering it can be useful to modify these strategies striving for a determination of the (minimum) visua...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Gräf M

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The treatment of high astigmatism after keratoplasty is often not possible with glasses or refractive corneal surgery, particularly in patients with anisometropia and contact lens incompatibility. METHODS:In 3 patients with cataract and high astigmatism after penetrating keratoplasty, phacoemulsification wa...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Buchwald HJ,Lang GK

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The difference in the ocular pulse amplitude between an individual's eyes may reflect abnormalities of the cerebrovascular circulation and has been shown to be helpful in assessing patients with cavernous sinus arteriovenous fistulas. HISTORY AND SIGNS:A 71-year-old woman presented with episcleral injection...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Kaufmann C,Thiel MA,Valavanis A,Landau K

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymphoma of the conjunctiva as part of a systemic disease is rare. The follicular appearance of the lymphocyte hyperplasia may mimic the clinical picture of infectious or allergic conjunctivitis. We report on a case of marked chronic follicular conjunctivitis, finally diagnosed as mantle cell lymphoma. HIST...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Amstutz CA,Michel S,Thiel MA

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A broad differential diagnosis has to be considered in a patient with swollen discs. Myeloproliferative disorders such as leukemia and lymphoma can in rare cases cause infiltrative optic neuropathy. HISTORY AND SIGNS:Two patients initially presented with slowly progressive severe visual loss. History was un...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Wirth MG,Bergamin O,Goede JS,Landau K

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Incomplete removal of the viscoelastic material during cataract surgery may lead to the early postoperative capsular block syndrome. In this retrospective case series, postoperative capsular bag distention after implantation of a foldable acrylic lens is reported and the sequelae are analyzed. PATIENTS AND ...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Meier FM,Sarra GM,Stürmer JP

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review summarizes the knowledge and highlights recent advances in clinical research of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). This disease is still important, because improvements in neonatal intensive care during the last years have increased the survival of the most immature newborns, but did not diminish the ROP fr...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Jandeck C,Kellner U,Foerster MH

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is no exact knowledge concerning blinding diseases in Germany. Purpose of this study was to investigate the changes of diseases leading to new blindness in Baden (Southern Germany). METHODS:We evaluated the ophthalmological diseases leading to blindness in Baden from the applications presented to the ...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Rohrschneider K,Greim S

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most common cause of bacterial-associated keratitis in soft contact lens wearers, due to wrong use of soft contact lenses. Problems are often severe corneal ulcers and even corneal perforations. We report on a soft contact lens wearer with credibly correct use of soft contact le...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Grünauer-Kloevekorn C,Wilhelm F,Duncker GI,Hammer T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effect of soft contact lenses with different lens power on the measured value of the intraocular pressure with non-contact pneumotonometry. METHODS:120 eyes (80 healthy volunteers: 50 women, 30 men, aged 22 to 61 years) were included in this study. Intraocular pressure was measured with a pneum...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Schollmayer P,Hawlina M

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene therapy raised euphoric expectations in the past that have yet to be met and have even been lowered due to the absence of concrete clinical successes and the occurrence of some tragic incidents. In spite of the great future potential of gene therapy, numerous pilot studies in this field will probably be discontin...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Hoffmann F,Junghans C

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mitomycin C (MMC) used as an additive agent in glaucoma surgery has been shown to improve the postoperative results of intraocular pressure (IOP), but may also lead to higher incidences of postoperative wound healing disorders and of hypotonia with choroidal detachment. In this retrospective study the levels...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Laube T,Ritters B,Selbach M,Hudde T

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an established treatment in predominantly classic choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) in exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) type II leads to AMD-similar changes ("pseudo-AMD") of the fundus with CNV as a late complica...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Hassenstein A,Richard G

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No data is available to date on the cost effectiveness of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) with regard to the German-speaking health care system. Hence we compared the clinical outcome and cost data of two German LASIK centres in respect of procedure cost effectiveness from the patient perspective. MATE...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Krummenauer F,Roden M,Knorz MC,Dick HB

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The orbital varix is a rare congenital disorder. Men and women are equally affected. The disease becomes usually apparent during the third decade of life. PATIENT:A 66-year old women presented with a history of progressive enophthalmos for the last 45 years and complained of intermittent headache and visual...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Haritoglou C,Hintschich C

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We describe a case of central serous chorioretinopathy associated with a large adrenal myelolipoma. HISTORY AND SIGNS:A 55-year old man was admitted to our clinic complaining for metamorphopsia and blurred vision in his left eye. Standard ophthalmologic examination and fluorescein angiography established th...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Katsimpris JM,Vandoros M,Petropoulos IK,Andrikopoulos P

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate in human and porcine isolated ciliary bodies the effect of acetazolamide and epinephrine on ciliary transepithelial ionic currents (a parameter linked to aqueous humor production). MATERIAL AND METHODS:Isolated ciliary bodies were mounted in a Ussing-type chamber to measure transepithelial po...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Wu R,Flammer J,Haefliger I

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00