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Introduction: Effectiveness Evaluation of One-Day Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery (SBCS) Comparing to the Cataract Surgery Performed on Each Eye Separately After a Lapse of Time Material and Methods: The cohort of 100 patients (200 eyes) consisted of two groups: In the Group1, there were 50 patients (100 eyes) who underwent One-day Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery (SBCS). The Group ...

Congenital toxoplasmosis is a globally spread infectious disease caused by transplacental transmission of an intracellular parasitic protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. The infection can cause serious multi-organ complications, and in the case of vertical transmission, can lead up to fetal death – depending on the stage of pregnancy at the time of infection and the overall condition of the mother’s immun...

Introduction: Effectiveness Evaluation of One-Day Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery (SBCS) Comparing to the Cataract Surgery Performed on Each Eye Separately After a Lapse of Time Material and Methods: The cohort of 100 patients (200 eyes) consisted of two groups: In the Group1, there were 50 patients (100 eyes) who underwent One-day Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery (SBCS). The Group ...

Purpose: To analyze patients with optic disc drusen (ODD), with emphasis on modern diagnostics. Materials and Methods: Research of the literature was conducted, together with a retrospective statistical analysis of patients with ODD. The group included individuals with ODD diagnosed using at least one of the following (ultrasound – USG, optical coherence tomography – OCT, fundus autofluorescence –...

Aims: To evaluate the prevalence of uveitis and ocular complications in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and “JIA-like” form. To determine the onset of ocular symptoms in relation to the diagnosis of the underlying disease and identify the most common predictive factor preceding the onset of uveitis. Materials and Methods: Retrospective analysis of medical records of children with...

Purpose: To describe the clinical course, treatment, and subsequent care of a full-term newborn with atypical, unilateral, recurrent cytomegalovirus chorioretinitis. Case report: The perinatal period of a full-term newborn girl was complicated by the development of petechiae on the skin. The initial laboratory findings were notable for thrombocytopenia, hyperbilirubinemia, and polycythemia. An ult...

Aim: To describe clinical findings in patients with sudden decrease of visual functions according to the solar maculopathy appearance after watching the partial solar eclipse and results of the changes’ follow-up after 7 weeks. Material and Methods: Medical records of five women (6 eyes) with solar maculopathy associated with watching partial solar eclipse on March 20th, 2015 were retrospectively ...

Objective: To present our experience with “smart phones” when examining and documenting human eyes. Methods: From September to October 2013 fifteen patients’ (8 men, 7 women) eye fundus was examined, an average age during the examination was 58 year (ranging from 20-65 years). The photo-documentation was performed with dilated pupils (tropicamid hydrochloridum 1% eye drops) with mobile phone Samsu...

Objective: to analyze the group of premature infants who were examined by an ophthalmologist in screening for ROP (retinopathy of prematurity) at the University Hospital in Ostrava.Methods: A retrospective observational case series. We reviewed and analyzed clinical records of all the premature infants born before the 32nd gestational week examined by ophthalmologist in ROP screening at the Univer...

Objective: to investigate and analyze the group of child patients with ocular trauma in the Ostrava region in the Czech Republic.Methods: A retrospective observational case series. We reviewed and analyzed clinical records of all the paediatric patients with ocular trauma treated at the University Hospital Ostrava in the years 2007 – 2011. Age, sex, mechanism of injury, type of ocular trauma, the ...