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An exhaustive search of the world's literature was performed to analyze all case reports and series on the modified osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (MOOKP) published up to January 2022. The demographic profile, the primary indication for surgery, surgical technique variations, postoperative medical management, long-term functional and anatomical outcomes, and intra- and postoperative complications were analyzed and compared. Additionally, some of the authors' (GI, VP, and GA) unpublished MOOKP cases were studied. An extensive literature search yielded 37 case series and case reports. Overall, 958 patients were analyzed. The most common indication for surgery was autoimmune disease (39.1%), closely followed by chemical injury (38.8%). The most common intraoperative complications (21.67%) included maxillofacial, vitreous hemorrhage/vitritis, and mucosal. The most common postoperative complications (78.4%) were lamina and oral mucosa-associated, secondary glaucoma, and choroid/retinal detachment. Follow-up periods ranged from one to 364 months (median: 36.7 months). Altogether, 78% of patients achieved a visual acuity of 20/400 or better at the end of the follow-up period, and 91.2% improved at least temporarily after MOOKP surgery. Mean anatomic success at the end-of-follow-up for all patients was 88.25% (range, 50-100%). The long-term anatomic and functional success of the MOOKP makes it a reliable option for visual rehabilitation in patients with bilateral corneal blindness and end-stage ocular surface disease. This review aims to describe the evolution of the MOOKP procedure, analyzing all published case series for its long-term reliability, visual and anatomical outcomes, complications, and future directions.

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Según la Organización Mundial de la Salud, la ceguera está definida como la agudeza visual inferior a 3/60 (20/400) en el mejor ojo y un campo visual menor a 10° desde el punto central de fijación. El objetivo de este trabajo fue describir las características clínico demográficas de pacientes con diagnóstico de ceguera irreversible atendidos en el Servicio de Oftalmología General de la Clínica Belén - Coronel Oviedo (Paraguay). Estudio observacional, descriptivo y retrospectivo de corte transversal. Se realizó la revisión retrospectiva de las historias clínicas de los pacientes con diagnóstico de ceguera irreversible atendidos en el Servicio de Oftalmología General de la Clínica Belén, entre el 1 de febrero 2018 y el 28 de febrero 2019. Se analizaron la edad, sexo, escolaridad, procedencia, agudeza visual, comorbilidades y etiología de la deficiencia visual. El análisis estadístico fue mediante el cálculo de frecuencias absolutas y relativas para las variables cualitativas, y el promedio y desviación estándar para las cuantitativas. Se estudiaron 78 pacientes, con predominio del sexo masculino (56,4%), edad de 71 a 95 años (43,6%) y primaria incompleta (41%). La hipertensión arterial (55,6%) fue la principal comorbilidad y glaucoma (43,6%) la etiología de ceguera más frecuente. El glaucoma fue más frecuente en varones que en mujeres (59% vs 32%) y en pacientes mayores de 50 años de edad (50%). En esta serie, los pacientes presentaron ceguera irreversible bilateral, en mayor frecuencia en varones, mayores de 50 años de edad, hipertensión como comorbilidad y glaucoma como etiología más frecuente

According to the World Health Organization, blindness is defined as visual acuity less than 3/60 (20/400) in the better eye and a visual field less than 10 ° from the central fixation point. The objective was to describe the clinical demographic characteristics of patients with a diagnosis of irreversible blindness treated at the General Ophthalmology Service of the "Clínica Belén" - "Coronel Oviedo" (Paraguay). This was an observational, descriptive and retrospective cross-sectional study. A retrospective review of the medical records of patients with a diagnosis of irreversible blindness treated at the General Ophthalmology Service of the "Clínica Belén" between February 1, 2018 and February 28, 2019 was carried out. Age, sex, education, origin, visual acuity, comorbidities and etiology of visual impairment were analyzed. The statistical analysis was through the calculation of absolute and relative frequencies, as well as the average and standard deviation. Seventy eight patients were studied, with a slight predominance of males (56.4%), aged 71 to 95 years (43.6%), incomplete primary school (41%) and from "Coronel Oviedo" (25.6 %) and surroundings. Arterial hypertension (55.6%) was the main comorbidity and glaucoma (43.6%) the most frequent blindness etiology. Glaucoma was more common in male patients than female patients (59% and 32%, respectively) and in patients older than 50 years of age (50%). In this series, patients presented bilateral irreversible blindness, more frequent in men, older than 50 years of age, hypertension as comorbidity and glaucoma as the most frequent etiology

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Vascularized composite allotransplantation represents a potential shift in approaches to reconstruction of complex defects resulting from congenital differences as well as trauma and other acquired pathology. Given the highly specialized function of the eye and its unique anatomical components, vascularized composite allotransplantation of the eye is an appealing method for restoration, replacement, and reconstruction of the nonfunctioning eye. Herein, we describe conventional treatments for eye restoration and their shortcomings as well as recent research and events that have brought eye transplantation closer to a potential clinical reality. In this article, we outline some potential considerations in patient selection, donor facial tissue procurement, eye tissue implantation, surgical procedure, and potential for functional outcomes.

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The Mexican tetra, Astyanax mexicanus, exists as two morphs of a single species, a sighted surface morph and a blind cavefish. In addition to eye regression, cavefish have an increased number of taste buds, maxillary teeth and have an altered craniofacial skeleton compared to the sighted morph. We investigated the effect the lens has on the development of the surrounding skeleton, by ablating the lens at different time points during ontogeny. This unique long-term study sheds light on how early embryonic manipulations on the eye can affect the shape of the adult skull more than a year later, and the developmental window during which time these effects occur. The effects of lens ablation were analyzed by whole-mount bone staining, immunohistochemisty and landmark based morphometric analyzes. Our results indicate that lens ablation has the greatest impact on the skeleton when it is ablated at one day post fertilisation (dpf) compared to at four dpf. Morphometric analyzes indicate that there is a statistically significant difference in the shape of the supraorbital bone and suborbital bones four through six. These bones expand into the eye orbit exhibiting plasticity in their shape. Interestingly, the number of caudal teeth on the lower jaw is also affected by lens ablation. In contrast, the shape of the calvariae, the length of the mandible, and the number of mandibular taste buds are unaltered by lens removal. We demonstrate the plasticity of some craniofacial elements and the stability of others in the skull. Furthermore, this study highlights interactions present between sensory systems during early development and sheds light on the cavefish phenotype.

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Introducción: en la práctica médica se han creado, desde hace décadas, instrumentos que persiguen modificar y mejorar la condición previa a la cirugía. Objetivo: mejorar la evaluación preoperatoria en pacientes incluidos en el programa de cooperación Misión Milagro. Métodos: se realizó un estudio descriptivo retrospectivo, en el Hospital-Hotel Pasacaballos, Cienfuegos, donde se evaluaron 7 956 pacientes de 12 países de América Latina y del Caribe, desde septiembre 2005 hasta abril 2007. Para la evaluación preoperatoria se propuso una metodología en cuatro etapas confeccionada en el centro. Se tomaron los siguientes datos de la base de datos en la institución: estado físico del paciente, causas del aplazamiento de la intervención, causas de cancelación por especialidades y enfermedad oftalmológica del paciente. Resultados: predominaron los pacientes clasificados en el tipo II, 55,8 porciento, según la Sociedad de Anestesia de los Estados Unidos de América. Las causas principales de aplazamiento de la cirugía fueron secreción ocular (22,6 porciento de los aplazados), hipertensión ocular (19,5 porciento), ingestión de aspirina (17,2 porciento) y diabetes mellitus descompensada (12,4 porciento). Se declararon no aptos para la intervención quirúrgica, 899 pacientes por oftalmología y 37 por medicina interna. Conclusiones: la metodología propuesta contribuye a mejorar la asistencia médica preoperatoria en pacientes incluidos en el programa de cooperación Misión Milagro en Cienfuegos

Introduction: for decades, instruments aimed at changing and improving the patient's condition before surgery have been created in the medical practice. Objective: to improve the preoperative evaluation of patients included in the Miracle Mission cooperation program. Methods: a retrospective and descriptive study was conducted at the hotel-hospital located in Pasacaballos, Cienfuegos, in which 7 956 patients from 12 Latin American and Caribbean countries were evaluated from September, 2005 to April, 2007. A customized four-phased methodology was submitted to evaluate preoperatively. The center's database provided the following pieces of information: physical status, causes of surgery postponement, causes of surgery cancellation by specialty and eye disease of the patient. Results: type II-classified patients predominated (55.8 percent), according to criteria of the US Society of Anesthesiology). The main causes of surgery postponement were ocular secretion (22.6 percent of the postponed cases), ocular hypertension (19.5 percent), aspirin taking (17.2 percent) and decompensate diabetes mellitus (12.4 percent). Eight hundred and ninety nine patients and thirty seven patients were considered non-eligible for surgery due to ophthalmological and internal medicine reasons respectively. Conclusions: The submitted methodology contributes to improving the preoperative medical care for patients included in the Miracle Mission cooperation program in Cienfuegos province. The achieved results suggested that it can be useful in limited financial resource settings

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PURPOSE: To describe 9 eyes in 8 patients who received Dohlman-Doane type 1 keratoprosthesis (KPro) with a mean follow-up of 11.2 months (2 to 25 months). METHODS: A retrospective, non-comparative interventional case series. Previous corneal disease was alcaline burn in 4 eyes, multiple graft failure in 3 eyes, Stevens-Johnson syndrome in 1 eye and thermal injury in 1 eye. Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was hand motions or worse in all patients. Glaucoma was present preoperatively in 3 eyes and received Ahmed valve implantation. RESULTS: 88,9% eyes achieved BCVA of better than or equal to 20/100, and 44,4% better than or equal to 20/40. In the postoperative period, 3 eyes developed posterior capsule opacity treated with YAG laser capsulotomy; 3 retroprosthetic membrane treated with tPA injection or steroids; 2 glaucoma in clinical treatment; 1 corneal melting, treated with donor cornea bottom exchange; and 1 fungic endophthalmitis, treated with corneal transplant, anterior vitrectomy, KPro and intraocular lens explantation, and specific intravitreal and endovenous treatment. CONCLUSION: Dohlman-Doane K-Pro seems to be a good option for cases of corneal blindness with poor prognosis for traditional penetrating keratoplasty. Its main advantage is not requesting systemic immunossuppression. Best results were achieved in non-immune diseases.

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OBJETIVO: Relatar a evolução de 9 olhos (8 pacientes) submetidos ao implante da ceratoprótese de Dohlman-Doane tipo 1, com tempo médio de seguimento de 11,2 meses (2 a 25 meses). MÉTODOS: Trabalho retrospectivo, não comparativo, intervencionista de uma série de casos. Quanto à doença de base, em 4 olhos foram queimadura alcalina, 3 falência de múltiplos transplantes de córnea, 1 síndrome de Stevens-Johnson e 1 queimadura térmica. A acuidade visual pré-operatória era de movimento de mãos ou pior em todos os olhos. Três olhos apresentavam glaucoma pré-operatório, sendo submetidos a implante valvulado de Ahmed. RESULTADOS: A acuidade visual com correção pós-operatória foi melhor ou igual a 20/100 em 88,9 por cento dos olhos e melhor ou igual a 20/40 em 44,4 por cento dos olhos. Como intercorrências pós-operatórias, 3 olhos apresentaram opacidade de cápsula posterior tratada com capsulotomia com YAG laser; 3 olhos membrana retroprotética de fibrina tratada com injeção tPA ou corticoterapia; 2 olhos glaucoma tratado com medicação; 1 olho "melting" corneano tratado com a troca do botão e 1 olho endoftalmite fúngica tratada com transplante a quente, vitrectomia anterior, explante da ceratoprótese e da LIO e tratamento antifúngico. CONCLUSÃO: A ceratoprótese de Dohlman-Doane é uma boa opção para casos graves de cegueira corneana, em que o transplante penetrante de córnea não apresenta bom prognóstico. Sua principal vantagem é não necessitar imunossupressão sistêmica. Casos de queimadura alcalina e de alta chance de rejeição apresentaram os melhores resultados.

PURPOSE: To describe 9 eyes in 8 patients who received Dohlman-Doane type 1 keratoprosthesis (KPro) with a mean follow-up of 11.2 months (2 to 25 months). METHODS: A retrospective, non-comparative interventional case series. Previous corneal disease was alcaline burn in 4 eyes, multiple graft failure in 3 eyes, Stevens-Johnson syndrome in 1 eye and thermal injury in 1 eye. Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was hand motions or worse in all patients. Glaucoma was present preoperatively in 3 eyes and received Ahmed valve implantation. RESULTS: 88,9 percent eyes achieved BCVA of better than or equal to 20/100, and 44,4 percent better than or equal to 20/40. In the postoperative period, 3 eyes developed posterior capsule opacity treated with YAG laser capsulotomy; 3 retroprosthetic membrane treated with tPA injection or steroids; 2 glaucoma in clinical treatment; 1 corneal melting, treated with donor cornea bottom exchange; and 1 fungic endophthalmitis, treated with corneal transplant, anterior vitrectomy, KPro and intraocular lens explantation, and specific intravitreal and endovenous treatment. CONCLUSION: Dohlman-Doane K-Pro seems to be a good option for cases of corneal blindness with poor prognosis for traditional penetrating keratoplasty. Its main advantage is not requesting systemic immunossuppression. Best results were achieved in non-immune diseases.

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Long, interlaminar, astroglial processes and its patterned organization in the striate cortex of adult primates was previously described. Loss of visual input following bilateral retinal detachment and degeneration in an adult Cebus apella monkey resulted three months later in reduction of interlaminar processes immunoreactive to Glial Fibrillary Acid Protein antibody, loss of the honeycomb-like pattern normally present in tangential sections, and loss of high density patches of terminal segments of those processes in the opercular striate. These results further indicate the highly interactive nature of neuron-glial cerebral cortex architecture, and the dynamic regulation of astroglial interlaminar processes.

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A catarata corresponde a principal causa de cegueira nos paises em desenvolvimento (40 a 70 por cento) e a cirurgia e atualmente o unico meio de reabilitacao visual nesses casos. Integrado a Campanha Nacional de Prevencao de Cegueira, foi realizada a Campanha de Reabilitacao Visual do Idoso no Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, entre os meses de abril e junho de 1996, na qual foram atendidas aproximadamente 4.000 pessoas pertencentes ao grupo etario de 50 anos ou mais...

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El objetivo de esta presentación fue evaluar por ecodoppler la incidencia de re-estenosis tardía en la endarterectomía carotídea (EC) y su repercusión en la clínica. Material y mátodos: entre julio de 1987 y junio de 1994 se operaron 87 pacientes sintomáticos, a quienes se les realizaron 99 EC por presentar estenosis significativas y/o placas ulceradas. La metodología de estudio se basó en la tríada ecodoppler de vasos de cuello, tomografía axial computada (TAC) cerebral y angiografía extra intracerebral. Todos fueron operados con anestesia general utilizando barbitúricos, shunts endoluminales y anticoagulación. El procedimiento consistió en EC con cierre primario y fijación de la íntima distal (40,4 por ciento). El control del ecodoppler se realizó a los 3 y 12 meses de la cirugía, repitiéndose anualmente. Resultados: 3 pacientes fallecieron en el postoperatorio (PO) inmediato (2 por accidente cerebrovascular (ACV) y 1 en PO de resección aneurismática toracoabdominal), 9 pacientes fallecieron en el PO alejado (1 por ACV homolateral y por causas no relacionadas), 8 se perdieron después del año. Hubo 2 ACV sin re-estenosis (1 contralateral). Ocho pacientes presentaron re-estenosis a partir del primer año (7,81 por ciento). De las mismas, 5 se mantuvieron estables, 2 retrogradaron y sólo 1 progresó hacia la oclusión, sin presentar manifestaciones neurológicas. Discusión: dado que la re-estenosis carotídea en general se produce tempranamente, es de comportamiento benigno y permanece estable durante un largo período de seguimiento, tal vez sea necesario redefinir nuevos criterios de evaluación postoperatoria, analizando la relación costo-beneficio de los mismos

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El objetivo de esta presentación fue evaluar por ecodoppler la incidencia de re-estenosis tardía en la endarterectomía carotídea (EC) y su repercusión en la clínica. Material y mátodos: entre julio de 1987 y junio de 1994 se operaron 87 pacientes sintomáticos, a quienes se les realizaron 99 EC por presentar estenosis significativas y/o placas ulceradas. La metodología de estudio se basó en la tríada ecodoppler de vasos de cuello, tomografía axial computada (TAC) cerebral y angiografía extra intracerebral. Todos fueron operados con anestesia general utilizando barbitúricos, shunts endoluminales y anticoagulación. El procedimiento consistió en EC con cierre primario y fijación de la íntima distal (40,4 por ciento). El control del ecodoppler se realizó a los 3 y 12 meses de la cirugía, repitiéndose anualmente. Resultados: 3 pacientes fallecieron en el postoperatorio (PO) inmediato (2 por accidente cerebrovascular (ACV) y 1 en PO de resección aneurismática toracoabdominal), 9 pacientes fallecieron en el PO alejado (1 por ACV homolateral y por causas no relacionadas), 8 se perdieron después del año. Hubo 2 ACV sin re-estenosis (1 contralateral). Ocho pacientes presentaron re-estenosis a partir del primer año (7,81 por ciento). De las mismas, 5 se mantuvieron estables, 2 retrogradaron y sólo 1 progresó hacia la oclusión, sin presentar manifestaciones neurológicas. Discusión: dado que la re-estenosis carotídea en general se produce tempranamente, es de comportamiento benigno y permanece estable durante un largo período de seguimiento, tal vez sea necesario redefinir nuevos criterios de evaluación postoperatoria, analizando la relación costo-beneficio de los mismos (AU)

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O trauma ocular perfurante é importante causa de cegueira prevenível. Há necessidade de conhecer suas causas para tomada de medidas preventivas. Para tal, avaliamos os traumas perfurantes atendidos no H.C. da FMB-UNESP, nos últimos 5 anos. Observamos que a maioria dos caos ocorreu em indivíduos masculinos 73 (por cento), crianças e adultos jovens, em atividades domesticas 77,92 (por cento), geralmente provocados por objetos metálicos 40,54 (por cento), sendo mais frequente a perfuraçäo corneoescleral 46,75 (por cento). A gravidade do trauma perfurante é constatada pelo número expressivo de cegos (AV menor que 0,1) no final do tratamento

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