Treatment of pars planitis with cryotherapy
| Autor: | M. Iwaki, Okinami S, Arai I, Mitsuko Sunakawa, Nobuchika Ogino, M. Nihira |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Pars plana
Adult Male Reoperation medicine.medical_specialty Visual acuity genetic structures Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Eye disease Visual Acuity Cryotherapy Cryosurgery Postoperative Complications Adrenal Cortex Hormones medicine Humans Ora serrata Pars Planitis Child Retinal vasculitis business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Combined Modality Therapy eye diseases Sensory Systems Surgery Ophthalmoscopy Ophthalmology medicine.anatomical_structure Intermediate uveitis Female sense organs medicine.symptom business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Ophthalmologica. Journal international d'ophtalmologie. International journal of ophthalmology. Zeitschrift fur Augenheilkunde. 202(4) |
| ISSN: | 0030-3755 |
| Popis: | Cryotherapy was performed on 28 eyes exhibiting massive exudates (snowbank) over the pars plana and the ora serrata. Twenty-six patients ranging in age from 8 to 52 years were treated and then followed up for a median of 34 months. Eleven eyes needed repeat cryotherapy. After cryotherapy, retinal vasculitis and vitreous opacities decreased in most eyes. Although only 3 of 5 eyes with a snowbank greater than 90 degrees and treated over 1 year from the onset achieved visual acuity of 20/25 or better, all 12 eyes with a snowbank smaller than 60 degrees and treated within 3 months after the onset maintained a visual acuity of 20/25 or better. The prognosis was not different from the 20 eyes that received systemic steroid treatment and the 8 eyes that received no systemic steroids. We recommend cryotherapy as the primary treatment for pars planitis with a snowbank. |
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