Clinical Features,Treatment, and Visual Outcomes of Japanese Patients with Posterior Scleritis

ABSTRACT

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe clinical features and visual outcomes of Japanese patients with posterior scleritis.

Methods: Clinical records of 10 patients (13 eyes) presenting between 2006 and 2016 were retrospectively reviewed.

Results: The mean age was 50.1 ± 20.8 years; 50% were women, and three patients had bilateral disease. Associated anterior scleritis (11 eyes, 85%) and serous retinal detachment (8 eyes, 62%) were common at presentation. Treatment consisted of corticosteroids (all patients) and immunosuppressive agents (seven patients). The mean subfoveal choroidal thickness was significantly reduced over follow-up [611 μm at baseline, 298 μm (p < 0.01) at 1 month, and 238 μm (p < 0.01) at 1 year]. Recurrent inflammation was observed in six patients. A best-corrected visual acuity of 0.8 or better was achieved in all 13 eyes at 3 years and 71% of eyes at 5 years.

Conclusion: Although 60% of patients with posterior scleritis had recurrence, visual outcomes were favorable.     

超声乳化术中联合应用囊袋张力环对不同眼轴长度超高度近视合并白内障患者的临床疗效

目的探讨超声乳化术中联合囊袋张力环植入对不同眼轴长度(axial length,AL)超高度近视合并白内障患者的疗效和安全性。方法选取2016年10月至2019年6月于我院治疗的超高度近视合并白内障患者56例(56眼)。将患者随机分成两组观察组28例(28眼),其中AL为27~<30 mm者12眼,AL≥30 mm者16眼;对照组28例(28眼),其中AL为27~<30 mm者14眼,AL≥30 mm者14眼。观察组超声乳化术中联合应用囊袋张力环植入,对照组术中不植入张力环。术后随访3个月,检测各组患者视力、眼压、角膜内皮细胞计数、人工晶状体偏心量和倾斜度,同时对各组患者进行主观视觉质量量表评分。结果两组不同AL患者术后3个月最佳矫正视力均较术前升高(均为P<0.05);两组不同AL患者间比较差异则均无统计学意义(均为P>0.05)。两组不同AL患者术后3个月眼压和角膜内皮细胞计数均较术前降低(均为P<0.05);两组不同AL患者间比较差异则均无统计学意义(均为P>0.05)。术后1个月和3个月两组不同AL患者各自组间水平偏心量、垂直偏心量及总偏心量比较,差异均无统计学意义(均为P>0.05)。术后1个月和3个月两组27 mm≤AL<30 mm患者组间水平倾斜度、垂直倾斜度及总倾斜度比较,差异均无统计学意义(均为P>0.05)。术后1个月,观察组AL≥30 mm患者水平倾斜度和总倾斜度均低于对照组同级AL患者,差异均有统计学意义(均为P<0.05);垂直倾斜度比较差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。术后3个月,观察组AL≥30 mm患者垂直倾斜度和总倾斜度均低于对照组同级AL患者,差异均有统计学意义(均为P<0.05);水平倾斜度比较差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。术后3个月两组患者主观视觉质量评分均高于术前;两组间同级AL患者观察组均高于对照组,差异均有统计学意义(均为P<0.05)。术后随访3个月,两组患者均未发生眼压升高、角膜内皮失代偿、人工晶状体脱位、眼内炎、视网膜脱离等并发症。结论超声乳化术中联合应用囊袋张力环治疗超高度近视合并白内障安全稳定,并能获得理想的视觉质量。     

Percutaneous CT-Guided Cryoablation of the Celiac Plexus: A Retrospective Cohort Comparison with Ethanol

PurposeTo retrospectively analyze and compare the incidence of diarrhea in patients who underwent cryoablation of the celiac plexus for intractable abdominal pain versus ethanol therapy over a 5-year period.Materials and MethodsFrom June 2014 to August 2019, 83 patients were identified who underwent neurolysis of the celiac plexus for management of intractable abdominal pain by using either cryoablation (n = 39 [59% female; age range, 36–79 years old [average, 60 ± 11 years old]) or alcohol (n = 44 [48% female; age range, 29–76 years old [average, 60 ± 12 years old]). Pain scores and reports of procedure-related complications or side effects, with special attention to diarrhea and/or other gastrointestinal symptoms, were collected from follow-up visits at 1 week, 1 month, and 3 months post-intervention and were compared between groups.ResultsThe mean time of follow-up was 17.7 days. Four patients who underwent cryoablation developed gastrointestinal symptoms consisting of 2 cases of nausea and vomiting and 2 cases of diarrhea (5.1%). Twelve patients who underwent ethanol ablation developed gastrointestinal symptoms, including 1 case of nausea, 3 cases of vomiting, and 9 cases of diarrhea (20.5%). There was a significantly higher incidence of both diarrhea (chi-squared likelihood ratio, P = .03) and overall gastrointestinal symptoms (chi-squared likelihood ratio, P = .04) in the ethanol group than in the cryoablation group.ConclusionsCryoablation of the celiac plexus may provide a new treatment option for intractable abdominal pain, and it appears to have a lower incidence of diarrhea and fewer gastrointestinal side effects than ablation using ethanol.