Purpose: To evaluate ultrastructural characteristics of lenticule surface extracted during correction of residual myopia in patients after small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE). Methods and material: This study ...Purpose: To evaluate ultrastructural characteristics of lenticule surface extracted during correction of residual myopia in patients after small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE). Methods and material: This study had a prospective, consecutive, comparative design. Sixteen patients (16 eyes) underwent additional intervention for residual myopia correction after SMILE. 16 specimens of removed lenticules underwent morphological examination. Markers and reagents were used to determine actin microfilaments, neutral fats and cell nuclei. The tissue was analyzed in layers in 2D slices form, volumetric Z-stacks, or selected areas were formed in orthogonal projections. The surface of the extracted lenticule was analyzed using scanning electron microscopy. Patients’ refractive outcomes were measured postoperatively (1 day;1 and 3 months). Results: Postoperatively uncorrected distance visual acuity (20/20 or better) was in 100% cases 3 months after surgery. Ultrastructural studies have shown the difference in surfaces of the newly formed lenticule. Structural changes of the posterior lenticule surface were characterized by ruptures of collagen fibers on its surface, degenerative changes in keratocytes with signs of colliquation necrosis, cell apoptosis and F-actin in cell cytoplasm. Conclusion: Collagen fibers are immersed in the stroma on the anterior surface of the lenticule. There is no complete structure restoration of collagen fibers explaining the lack of tight adhesion of anterior and posterior surfaces of the intrastromal space even in the long-term postoperative period. There are no degenerative changes of keratocytes on the anterior lenticule surface, that is, their changes in SMILE are reversible in most cases.展开更多
Purpose: To identify the clinical features of the syndrome Frank-Kamenetsky and determine the criteria of early formation of glaucoma. Materials and Methods: We observed 52 patients. Follow up period was from 5 to 22 ...Purpose: To identify the clinical features of the syndrome Frank-Kamenetsky and determine the criteria of early formation of glaucoma. Materials and Methods: We observed 52 patients. Follow up period was from 5 to 22 years. The first group (juvenile) consisted of males who had the first signs of glaucoma diagnosed before the age of 12 (n = 22). The average age of the group was 10.1 ± 2.4 years. The control group included healthy males (n = 30) in the same age range (average age 7.2 ± 1.6 years). The second group (adults) consisted of patients who had the first signs of glaucoma diagnosed after the age of 18 and elder. The average age of the group was 32.44 ± 6.28 years. The control group had males (n = 30) in the same age range (average age 26.59 ± 4.12 years). The inclusion criterion was: the presence of congenital bilateral mesodermal iris leaf hypoplasia, tra-becular dysgenesis signs, the presence of blood relatives on the maternal line (grandfather, uncle) male with similar changes iridociliary zone and glaucoma. Criteria of glaucoma formation were: increased IOP more than 21 mmHg with accompanying it expansion of the cup/disc ratio, reducing the thickness of the nerve fiber layer (RNFL) according to OCT. Results: It was found that Frank-Kamenetsky Syndrome had an X-linked with sex, recessive inheritance and was characterized by bilateral congenital irisdysgenesis and goniodysgenesis with the accession glaucoma. Predictors of glaucoma formation in early childhood are a combination of: 1) congenital subtotal atrophy of iris mesodermal layer (from 0 to 30 mkm) with signs of progressive dystrophy;2) nonprogressive congenital megalocornea (cornea diameter 12 - 14 mm);3) iridotrabecular dysgenesis of II-III degree;4) hyperopic refraction in axial myopia.展开更多
文摘Purpose: To evaluate ultrastructural characteristics of lenticule surface extracted during correction of residual myopia in patients after small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE). Methods and material: This study had a prospective, consecutive, comparative design. Sixteen patients (16 eyes) underwent additional intervention for residual myopia correction after SMILE. 16 specimens of removed lenticules underwent morphological examination. Markers and reagents were used to determine actin microfilaments, neutral fats and cell nuclei. The tissue was analyzed in layers in 2D slices form, volumetric Z-stacks, or selected areas were formed in orthogonal projections. The surface of the extracted lenticule was analyzed using scanning electron microscopy. Patients’ refractive outcomes were measured postoperatively (1 day;1 and 3 months). Results: Postoperatively uncorrected distance visual acuity (20/20 or better) was in 100% cases 3 months after surgery. Ultrastructural studies have shown the difference in surfaces of the newly formed lenticule. Structural changes of the posterior lenticule surface were characterized by ruptures of collagen fibers on its surface, degenerative changes in keratocytes with signs of colliquation necrosis, cell apoptosis and F-actin in cell cytoplasm. Conclusion: Collagen fibers are immersed in the stroma on the anterior surface of the lenticule. There is no complete structure restoration of collagen fibers explaining the lack of tight adhesion of anterior and posterior surfaces of the intrastromal space even in the long-term postoperative period. There are no degenerative changes of keratocytes on the anterior lenticule surface, that is, their changes in SMILE are reversible in most cases.
文摘Purpose: To identify the clinical features of the syndrome Frank-Kamenetsky and determine the criteria of early formation of glaucoma. Materials and Methods: We observed 52 patients. Follow up period was from 5 to 22 years. The first group (juvenile) consisted of males who had the first signs of glaucoma diagnosed before the age of 12 (n = 22). The average age of the group was 10.1 ± 2.4 years. The control group included healthy males (n = 30) in the same age range (average age 7.2 ± 1.6 years). The second group (adults) consisted of patients who had the first signs of glaucoma diagnosed after the age of 18 and elder. The average age of the group was 32.44 ± 6.28 years. The control group had males (n = 30) in the same age range (average age 26.59 ± 4.12 years). The inclusion criterion was: the presence of congenital bilateral mesodermal iris leaf hypoplasia, tra-becular dysgenesis signs, the presence of blood relatives on the maternal line (grandfather, uncle) male with similar changes iridociliary zone and glaucoma. Criteria of glaucoma formation were: increased IOP more than 21 mmHg with accompanying it expansion of the cup/disc ratio, reducing the thickness of the nerve fiber layer (RNFL) according to OCT. Results: It was found that Frank-Kamenetsky Syndrome had an X-linked with sex, recessive inheritance and was characterized by bilateral congenital irisdysgenesis and goniodysgenesis with the accession glaucoma. Predictors of glaucoma formation in early childhood are a combination of: 1) congenital subtotal atrophy of iris mesodermal layer (from 0 to 30 mkm) with signs of progressive dystrophy;2) nonprogressive congenital megalocornea (cornea diameter 12 - 14 mm);3) iridotrabecular dysgenesis of II-III degree;4) hyperopic refraction in axial myopia.
