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..In contrast to adults, children very rarely develop an associated systemic disorder. The disease is generally treated with steroids. Little is known about the natural course of idiopathic orbital pseudotumors in childhood...

..To compare endoscopic infrared laser trabecular ablation and trabeculectomy (both combined with cataract surgery) regarding intraocular pressure (IOP), visual acuity, anti-glaucomatous drugs and complications...

..Retinal endovascular lysis is a new therapeutic option for patients with central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). In this procedure, a fibrinolytic agent is injected directly into a cannulated retinal vein after pars plana vitrectomy...

..Several authors reported incorrect high intraocular pressure (IOP) values in eyes with a thick cornea using applanation tonometry. This hypothesis was checked by comparing applanation tonometry with direct intracameral manometry...

..To compare the efficacy of endoscopic erbium:YAG laser goniopuncture in glaucoma treatment to trabeculectomy, both methods as adjuncts to cataract surgery...

..Cutting in the optic nerve can cause visual field defects as shown in the presented case. This complication will reduce the value of this new surgical procedure and should be weighed against still unsettled advantages...

..In this overview, the actual state of our knowledge on the pathogenesis of occlusion of a retinal artery as well as current and new therapies are presented...

..Preclinical data suggest that intravitreally administered erythropoietin (EPO) is both neuroprotective and safe. In a small pilot series, we intended to assess the feasibility of intravitreal EPO injections in humans...

..It is our aim to provide a guide through the necessary interdisciplinary diagnostics in co-operation with internal medicine and neurology and to recommend a multimodal therapy in patients with non-arteritic CRAO...

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..The rationale for this pilot study was to add arterio-venous dissection (AVD) after unsuccessful medical treatment in a well-defined group of patients with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO)...

..Due to the high mortality of OIS patients, medical and neurological examinations are mandatory. We discuss the clinical findings and diagnostic and therapeutic options of OIS patients in this paper...

..Although local intra-arterial fibrinolysis (LIF) using recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) is a promising treatment, outcomes have not been compared in randomized trials...

..To reduce intraoperative bleeding and perioperative thromboembolic complications, ophthalmologists and referring general practitioners should cooperate closely...

..The study was started in 2002. To August 2006, 63 of the 200 required patients have been included in the study at 17 medical centers in Germany, Switzerland and Austria...

..We therefore performed a normative study of ERGs and PERGs in pigs...

..We would therefore like to present the Freiburg treatment scheme for PCME for discussion...

..We present an angiographic follow-up of 22 patients who underwent arteriovenous dissection (AVD)...

..To investigate the correlation between estrogen receptor-positive basal cells of the meibomian glands of the lower lid with age, gender, and subjective and objective dry-eye parameters...

..This study investigated the expression of p63 in conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia of different grades, and conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma and its correlation to the proliferation marker MIB-1...

..The published studies showed an evidence level 3. AVD seems to be maintainable in patients with recent onset of BRVO and decimal visual acuity < or =0.4...

..In pilot studies, it showed promising results in comparison with conservative treatments. The efficacy of this method is now being investigated in a randomized multicenter study...

..g. steroids and angioinhibitors), which makes it even more difficult to assess the real efficacy of the surgical methods. In this paper we discuss the three different surgical methods and try to evaluate their clinical benefit...

..The aim of our study was to evaluate the in vivo feasibility of non-contact Er:YAG laser ablation of the internal limiting membrane (ILM), which is recommended for the treatment of macular holes...

..Rapamycin might therefore be a therapeutic option for CNV patients that do not respond sufficiently to the established anti-VEGF treatments...

..Reports on the treatment of more than 600 patients with central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) have been published to date. However, there are limited data on the long-term effects of bevacizumab in patients with CRVO...

..The present study was designed to assess FrACT performance in a sizable number of CF, HM, and LP patients in order to generate a setting for future clinical studies in the low vision range...

..To date, only retrospective studies and case reports have been published on bevacizumab treatment of RVO...

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..Evaluation of patients receiving more than three injections of anti-VEGF substances should be the focus of future studies...

..02. The results suggest that the category CF at 30 cm can be replaced by 0.014, using ETDRS or FrACT. Using FrACT, one can even reproducibly quantify VA in the HM-range, yielding a mean VA of 0.005...

..In childhood glaucoma, the correct determination of intraocular pressure (IOP) is crucial in clinical decision-making. We therefore investigated how intraocular tonometry readings correlate with readings from commonly used tonometers...

..In this study, the effect of combinatory anti-angiogenic treatment was evaluated using a novel in vitro assay of RPE-induced angiogenesis...

..Assuming that the therapeutic time slot is about 2 to 6 hours, a cumulated incidence during the night might have therapeutic implications...

..CONCLUSIONS: Endoscopic Er:YAG laser goniopuncture was a successful adjunct to cataract surgery in glaucoma patients. Sustained IOP reduction was achieved with few postoperative complications...