abstract：BACKGROUND:Cell adhesion in the limbal region is of outstanding importance for the regeneration of the corneal epithelium and for repair mechanisms after antiglaucomatous fistulating surgery. In the basement membranes cell adhesion is largely modified by the extracellular matrix protein laminin. The aim of our study wa...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Dietlein TS,Jacobi PC,Paulsson M,Smyth N,Krieglstein GK

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dilated episcleral vessels may be observed in patients with orbital tumors, carotid-cavernous-sinus fistula and other orbital obstructive lesions. As an idiopathic phenomenon dilated episcleral vessels may be associated with secondary open-angle glaucoma. PATIENT:We report on a 59-year-old patient with a hi...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Groh MJ,Küchle M

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Corneal blood staining may occur as a serious complication of persisting hyphema. In our two cases the corneal blood staining is a result of direct bleeding in the corneal stroma. HISTORY AND SIGNS:A female patient presented with a corneal blood staining through rupture of reopened vessels in interstitial k...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Giessler S,Gross M,Struck HG

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pseudoexfoliation syndrome is a frequent cause of secondary open-angle glaucoma due to deposition and in situ-production of abnormal extracellular matrix proteins in the trabecular meshwork. Glaucomas itself are a known risk factor for retinal vein thrombosis. In this retrospective study the prevalence of ps...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Cursiefen C,Händel A,Schönherr U,Naumann GO

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most penetrating needle puncture injuries occur in retro- or peribulbar anesthesia. Hereby only a small percentage of patients develop endophthalmitis. Ocular penetration after enoral infraorbital nerve block has not yet been reported in literature. HISTORY AND FINDINGS:In June 1995 a 74-year-old man presen...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Weinand FS,Pavlovic S,Dick B

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ocular pulse amplitude (OPA) is reduced in normal tension glaucoma (NTG) patients when compared to non-glaucomatous, healthy control subjects. This might be related to a vasospastic reaction. The objective of this study was to determine if low OPA in NTG is associated with a vasospastic reaction and its resp...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Schmidt KG,von Rückmann A,Geyer O,Mittag TW

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An African 40-year-old woman presented with a superior eyelid tumor. The diagnosis is a granuloma due to Actinomycetae. We briefly describe the pathogenesis, and the ancillary diagnostic methods. ...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Tritten JJ,Uffer S

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autoregulation is defined as the maintenance of constant blood flow in a vascular system in spite of changes in perfusion pressure (PPm). MATERIALS AND METHODS:PPm was decreased by increasing the intraocular pressure (IOP) with a suction cup and optic nerve blood flow was measured with the laser Doppler flo...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Titzé P,Hero M,Petrig BL,Cranstoun SD,Riva CE

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the learning risk of a new surgical technique, the deep sclerectomy (DS), which may be complicated with a perforation of the trabeculodescemetic membrane. To do so, we compared the results and the complications of patients who underwent DS transformed in trabeculectomy (DSt) and those of patients who...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Sanchez E,Schnyder CC,Mermoud A

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraocular metastatic tumors are rare. They are seen in 10% of patients having died of a malignant tumor. Frequently metastatic tumors of the eye are not observed clinically because the may develop in the terminal stage of the disease. The most frequent primary tumor is carcinoma of the breast with 60% of all intraoc...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Vogel M

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with tuberous sclerosis (Morbus Bourneville-Pringle) may show hamartomatous tumors of different organ systems. 50% of patients display astrocytic hamartomas of the retina. The skeletal system is affected in 40%: peri-, en- or exostoses, or cysts may occur. To the best of our knowledge, there are onl...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Budde WM,Schelp R,Holbach LM

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The endothelial cell count after phakoemulsification is a sensitive parameter to compare different phakoemulsification techniques. PATIENTS AND METHOD:In a prospective study 30 patients in each group were operated upon the "Reversed Tip and Snip" and with the "Divide and Conquer"-Technique. The corneal endo...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Kohlhaas M,Klemm M,Kammann J,Richard G

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:A new low vision aid (LVA)-the Low Vision Enhancement System or LVES, which were as developed at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, is now commercially available. This instrument allows a magnification up to 10 times with control of contrast and luminance while the field of view is very large: 60 x 4...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Rohrschneider K,Bruder I,Aust R,Blankenagel A

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Affections of the lacrimal drainage system are often seen by ophthalmologists. Inspection, palpation, diagnostic rinsing and sounding can distinguish anatomical stops before or after tear sac. For final diagnostics however more apparative examinations are necessary. The ultrasonic examination with contrast m...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Brosig J,Clemens S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The successful development of cataract operation and IOL implantation in the last decade has resulted in progressive shortening of the incision length as well as in developing safer and simpler anesthetic techniques. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate whether cataract surgery with scleral incis...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Pham DT,Scherer V,Wollensak J

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The treatment of late age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) according to the results of prospective clinical studies is indicated in classical choroidal neovascularisations (NV), which can be delineated from the center of the fovea. To evaluate the effectiveness of this therapy, the knowledge of the frequen...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Pauleikhoff D,Knebel C,Peuser M,Schrenk M,Wessing A

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most of the presentations concerning quality assurance following cataract surgery are based upon objective data, as it should be. But the success of an eye-clinic is not limited by such objective data, but on the contentment of the patients and the local colleagues, who direct the patients. Our aim in the fo...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Wenzel M,Altgassen G

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The laser flare meter FM-500 (Kowa, diode laser, 670 nm) is a simplified version of the laser flare-cell meter FC-1000 (Kowa, He-Ne laser, 632.8 nm). the aim of this study was to compare flare measurements of the laser flare meter FC-500 with the established laser flare-cell meter FC-1000 and to determine th...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Nguyen NX,Martus P,Küchle M

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Strabismus with unilateral elevation in adduction is an upward deviation of the adducting eye of unknown, not necessarily paretic origin. The term "old trochlear palsy" may be erroneous since the hypertropia is not necessarily larger in downward gaze and a causative lesion can usually not be identified. We d...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Kommerell G,Mattheus S,Mühlendyck H

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In cataract surgery high quality is demanded. That is why high precision in calculation of IOL power is necessary for predicting postoperative refraction. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In a series of 103 patients the predicted refraction--calculated by the SRK II formula for only one type of IOL (A-constant 118.9)-...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Wilhelm F,Kietzmann G,Freitag H

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endophthalmitis after penetrating keratoplasty is rare but more frequently observed than after other intraocular procedures. The main source may be a contaminated donor cornea. This survey reviews current concepts of donor globe decontamination and avoidance of infection during preservation. Basically, we suggest the ...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Hagenah M,Winter R

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Computer-controlled video keratoscopy is being employed ever more frequently and for various indications. PATIENTS:We have studied the effects of high-viscosity and low-viscosity tear substitutes on the corneal topography, one and five minutes after application to 14 normal eyes of 7 subjects, and compared ...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Emde CW,Brewitt H,Winter R

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Advances in the area of information technology have opened up new possibilities for the use of interactive media in the training of medical students. Classical instructional technologies, such as video, slides, audio cassettes and computer programs with a textbook orientation, have been merged into one mul...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Dick VB,Zenz H,Eisenmann D,Tekaat CJ,Wagner R,Jacobi KW

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this research is to catalogue the increasing number of side effects of medications on the eyes and, by putting this catalogue into a data bank, to make it available for use in hospitals. Here a deliberate search is made for medications, which could possibly cause certain side effects as well as a ...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Dangelmaier S,Weindler J,Ruprecht KW

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Corneal ulcer is a very rare clinical manifestation in hereditary familial amyloidosis of the Portuguese type, from which only one case has been reported previously. The case of a 35-year-old man illustrates the diagnostic findings and the difficulties encountered in understanding the physiopathology of such a ...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Donati G,Chevalley G,de Gottrau P,Leuenberger PM

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the role of Indocyanin Green (ICG) angiography in localizing occult new vessels associated with age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) and assess the possibilities of ICG guided laser photocoagulations. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fluorescein and ICG angiographies (IMAGEnet system) of 62 patients with o...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Piguet B,Schalenbourg A,Zografos L

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transmitted in an autosomal dominant fashion, the pattern dystrophies involve the retinal pigment epithelium and the external macular retina and are usually divided into four different entities. However, a progression from one form to another is possible, various forms may coexist in the same patient and a c...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Bernasconi OR,Piguet B

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Results over a period of 24 months of performing the Er:YAG laser ab externo sclerostomy. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The procedure was performed 81 times (chronic glaucoma with open angle (n = 55) and narrow angle (n = 15), 6 secondary glaucoma, 4 pigment glaucoma, 1 normal pressure glaucoma) in 74 eyes of 64 patient...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Kampmeier J,Klafke M,Hibst R,Wierschin S,Schütte E,Steiner R

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the diagnosis of retinal and cerebral vascular occlusion and migraine amaurosis fugax may be an important symptom. To evaluate the relation between cardiovascular diseases and amaurosis fugax we investigated the risk factors in patients with amaurosis fugax. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Twenty-four patients (14...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Knabben H,Wolf S,Solbach U,Bertram B

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninfectious ulceration of the peripheral cornea remains a major diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The pathogenesis in most of these disorders is unclear, however, on the basis of systemic connective tissue diseases, autoimmune mechanisms are most likely involved. The peripheral cornea has distinct morphological ...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Pleyer U,Bergmann L,Krause A,Hartmann C

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the structural basis for functional deficits in infantile strabismus we used a neuroanatomic tracer and a histochemical label to examine the primary visual cortex (area V1) of adult esotropic macaque monkeys. ANIMALS AND METHODS:The animals had developed natural esotropia in the first months ...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Tychsen L,Burkhalter A,Boothe RG

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After consulting the here presented CT-images of the orbit, the question was raised whether the ocular bulbus was really enucleated or the anamnesis was wrong and a lymphoma existed in the orbit. We will therefore discuss a case of a special follow-up after an enucleation with implantation of a "Bangerter Pl...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Gloor B,Schuknecht B,Valavanis A

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Soft intraocular lenses (IOLs) have been developed to be folded during insertion to allow implantation through a small incision. The surface of the IOL is of great importance in postoperative inflammation and long-term acceptance of the implant. Rough and sharp edges can damage delicate intraocular tissues. ...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Kohnen T,Magdowski G,Koch DD

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optic nerve sheath meningioma usually presents with a diffuse atrophy of the disc and a diffuse depression of the visual field. Applying this rule too rigidly can lead to a false diagnosis. PATIENT:A 45y-old-woman presented with atrophy of the upper disc and a corresponding altitudinal field defect in h...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Guhlmann M,Kommerell G

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In facial palsies with lagophthalmic keratopathy an hour-glass dressing is indicated, which has the disadvantage of a moisture chamber with visual impairment by steaming up. After weeks of placement dermal irritations are possible. An alternative is the gravity dependent lidloading, using gold implantation i...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Müller-Jensen G,Müller-Jensen K

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PATIENT:A 68-year-old woman presented with massive congestion of lymphatic vessels of temporal inferior conjunctiva two months after extirpation of the parotic gland for an aciniform epithelioma on the same side. Clinical findings of the right and left eye were unremarkable otherwise. The congestion resolved spontaneou...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Gugutschkova P,Angelov B

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Juvenile xanthogranuloma is an uncommon benign skin disease primarily affecting infants and young children. Ocular involvement is rare and most often affecting the iris. Isolated xanthogranulomas of the corneoscleral limbus are reported in the literature in only a few patients. HISTORY AND FINDINGS:A 10-yea...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Spraul CW,Lang GE,Lang GK

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of medical screenings is increasing. This fact is specially pronounced in the field of occupational health. Due to restricted financial resources and limitations in time there is a need for rationalisation in medical screenings. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Possible uses of personal computers (PC) enabl...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Menozzi M

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are reporting a case of a 23-year-old patient suffering from measles despite vaccination during childhood. He presented with bilateral punctate keratitis without conjunctival reaction 10 days after the onset of rash. We assume a late immunological reaction, possibly related to earlier vaccination. ...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Trüb PR

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In 40% retinoblastoma (Rb) results from a hereditary mutation of the Rb susceptibility gene (RB1). In this study, we tested the usefulness of intragenic DNA analysis for ophthalmologic follow-up in affected families. METHODS:Molecular analysis was performed on 103 DNA samples of 15 Rb families. We used 7 intra...

journal_title：Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

authors： Lendi B,Pescia G,Thonney F,Balmer A,Munier F

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00