Objective To further investigate pathologic mechanism of retinal phototrauma. Methods Twenty Wistar rats were divided into control and experimental groups.Their eyes were extracted in 12，24 and 36 hours after light exposure.HE stained retina samples were examined and TDT-mediated dUTP nick end labelling(TUNEL)method was employed to distinguish apoptotic cells. Results After 12-hour light exposure,slight vesiculation was observed in the rod outer segment of the retinas.After 24-hour light exposure,the outer nuclear layer showed predominant fractured and condensed nuclei and fragmented DNA.After 36-hour light exposure,the rod outer and inner segments were lysed and most of the nuclei in the outer nuclear layer were disappeared. Conclusions Apoptosis of photoreceptor cell is one of the important mechanisms which cause experimental retinal photoinjury of rats. (Chin J Ocul Fundus Dis, 1999, 15: 167-169)
Objective To observe the clinical characteristics of severe ocular detonator explosive injuries and to evaluate the therapeutic effects of vitrectomy on it. Methods Clinical data of 37 consecutive patients (65 eyes) with severe ocular detonator explosive injuries were retrospectively analyzed. The patients included 36 males and 1 female with the average age of 28.6 years. The biocular injuriy was in 31 cases (83.8 %), and one-eyed injury was in 6 cases (16.2%). A total of 48 eyes had severe explosive injury. The visual acuity was no light perception in 9 eyes in which 3 eyeballs were obviously atrophic, light perception in 28 eyes, hand moving in 4 eyes, and counting finger/33 cm in 7 eyes. Vitrectomy was performed on 46 eyes, in which 41 had severe ocular explosive injury. There were no vitreous surgery indications in 13 eyes of 19 eyes didnprime;t undergo surgery; the other 6 eyes didnprime;t undergo surgery due to the atrophic eyeballs or economic reasons. The treating time after trauma was within 1 week in 7 patients (18.9%), 1 week to 1 month in 13 (35.2%), and more than 1 month in 17 (45.9%). The follow-up duration lasted 6 months to 2 years after operation with the average of 8.6 months. Results In 65 eyes, the occupation ratio of conjunctival foreign bodies was 66.2%; corneal foreign bodies was 46.2%; vitreous hemorrhage was 70.8%; intraocular foreign bodies (IOFB) was 69.2%; retinal shocking injury or optic nerve blasting injury was 56.9%. The visual acuity improved in 33 eyes, remained unchanged in 25 eyes, and decreased in 7 eyes. In 46 eyes which had undergone vitrectomy, IOFB injuries was in 35 eyes (76.1%); the visual acuity increased in 26 eyes (59.5%), remained unchanged in 13 eyes (28.3%), and didnprime;t cure in 7 eyes (15.2%) in which 2 eyes underwent ocular enucleation and 5 eyes were atrophic. The increasing rate of visual acuity in the patients who accepted the treatment more than 1 month after injury was low. The occupation ratio of monocular blindness was 51.4% and biocular blind was 8.1%. Conclusions Most of severe ocular explosive injuries by detonator are with IOFB. causes of the high blinding rate are late treatment and serious injury. Strengthening the diagnosis and treatment of retinal shock and optic nerve blast, and performing vitrectomy as soon as possible can improve prognositc visual function of injured eyes.
Open-globe injuries (OGI) result in complicated and diverse conditions with different mechanisms and anatomical locations, which lead to completely different outcomes based on when to perform pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) after trauma. The PPV operation time points are generally divided into early (0 - 3 days), delayed (4 - 14 days), and late (> 2 weeks). There are still some controversies about the PPV time points after OGI. Injuries with intraocular foreign bodies or high risk of infection usually need early surgery to reduce the occurrence of endophthalmitis. However corneal edema and vitreous hemorrhage can increase the difficulties for early diagnosis and surgery. If there is choroidal hemorrhage or severe trauma in the back part of the eye, delayed intervention can allow the blood clots to be liquefied and removed easily. But there is higher incidence of postoperative complications. Late surgery can reduce the difficulty of PPV, but the increased incidence of proliferative vitreoretinopathy may lead to severe retinal traction, tears and postoperative scar formation.
Objective To explore the therapeutic value and effects of relaxing retinotomy for perforating traction retinal detachment(PTRD). Method A retrospective survey was done in 21 patinets (21 eyes) with PTRD who underwent vitrectomy combined with relaxing retinotomy in our hospital from 1998 to 2001.Results The retinae were completely reattached in all 21 cases. The visual acuity of 12 patients (57%) was counting finger, and the best visual acuity was 0.05. Among the 18 patients who were followed up for 6 to 25 months, 14(77.8%) remained retinal reattachment. Conclusions Relaxing retinotomy is effective for anatomic reattachment of PTRD, especially to the patients with retinal incarceration and severe proliferative vitreoretinopathy. (Chin J Ocul Fundus Dis，2003，19：5-7)
Objective To observe the effect of blue light on apoptosis of cultured human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells in vitro. Methods Human RPE cells were exposed to blue light, and the cells were divided into 3 groups: group A, with various intensity of illumination; group B: with same intensity but different time of illumination; group C: with same intensity and time of illumination but different finish time of the culture. The apoptosis of RPE cells was observed by TdT-dUTP terminal nick-end labeling (TUNEL) and annexin V-fluoresein isothiocyanate (FITC)/propidium iodide (PI) flow cytometry, and transmission electron microscopy. Results The positive cells stained by TUNEL shrinked and turned round, whose nuclei concentrated and congregated like the crescent or hat. Cracked nuclei and membrane bleb were found. Swollen mitochondrial, disappeared inner limiting membrane of mitochondria, and dilation of the rough endoplasmic reticulum with metabolite were observed by transmission electronmicroscopy. In group A, mild damage of RPE cells was found when the threshold value of the intensity of illumination was less than（500±100）lx, and the apoptosis and necrosis of RPE cells aggravated as the intensity of illumination increased; in group B, as the time of illumination extended, the number of apoptotic RPE cells didn′t increase while the necrosis increased; in group C, 6 and 12 hours after illumination, apoptosis of cells was the main injury, while apoptosis with necrosis was found and necrotic cells increased as the time of illumination was prolonged. Conclusions Illumination with blue light may cause damages of human RPE cells in vitro, with the modalities of apoptosis, apoptotic necrosis and necrosis. The extent of injury is dependent on intensity and duration of the illumination. (Chin J Ocul Fundus Dis, 2005, 21: 384-387)
Purpose To evaluate the efficacy of vitreous surgery for treatment of fundus damages caused by ocular blunt trauma. Methods Clinical records were reviewed retrospectively for a series of consecutive 101 patients (105 eyes) with fundus damages caused by ocular blunt trauma underwent vitreous surgery from October 1992 to March 1998． Results Based on clinical examination and findings during surgery,all cases were divided into 4 subgroups:vitreous hemorrhage(VH)in 23 yes,VH with retinochoroidal rupture or optic damage in 25 eyes,traumatic retinal detachment in 46 eyes,and retinal giant tear in 11 eyes.Vision acuity improvement achieved in 77 eyes(73.3%)and of them 69 eyes(65．7%)had 0.02～0．6with 38 eyes(55．0%)better than 0．1.Two eye s with no light perception obtained better than 0.1． Visual acuity remained unchanged in 26 eyes(24.8%)and 2 eyes(1.9%)became worse after operation．The retina reattached in 54 eyes(94.7%). Conclusion Severe ocular blunt trauma may cause visual impairment and various fundus damages.Appropriate vitreous surgery can salvage most eyes with those injuries. (Chin J Ocul Fundus Dis,1999,15:100-102)
ObjectiveTo observe the early ultrastructural changes of the optic nerves after the brain impact injury.MethodsEighteen 15-week-old Wistar rats were used in the air-pressure brain impact injury examination. All of the rats underwent the procedures of right-parietal-bone fenestration after abdominal cavity anesthesia with 1% sodium pentolbarbital (45 mg/kg), and then they were divided randomly into 3 groups, i.e., mild injury group (8 rats) underwent with 7 kg of air pressure in distance of 11 cm; severe injury group (8 rats) with 7 kg of airpressure in distance of 8 cm; and control group (2 rats) underwent with the parietalbone fenestration but without impact injury.The ultrastructural changes of the optic nerves were observed 1, 6, 24, and 72 hours after the injury by electron microscopy.ResultsThe difference of ultrastructural changes of optic nerve was not obvious in wild injury group and the control group, and the lanthanum nitrate was only found in the blood vessels in optic nerve. The lanthanum nitrate entered the nerve stroma 1 hour after severe and increased as time goes on. Simultaneously, displayed dilatation of endoplasmic reticulum, cavitation and tumefaction of mitochondrion, vacuolation of nerve stroma, and vacuolation of some axis-cylinder were seen in the glial cells.ConclusionThe brain impact injury may cause ultrastructural changes of the optic nerve and increase of permeability of blood vessels. (Chin J Ocul Fundus Dis, 2005,21:41-43)
Objective To evaluate the effect of vitrectomy on traumatic retinal detachment combined with choroidal damage. Methods The data of 1075 traumatic eyes which underwent vitrectomy from 1995 to 2005 were retrospectively analyzed. Forty-one patients (41eyes, 3.8%) with different kinds of choroidal injuries, including traumatic retinal detachment combined with serous choroidal detachment, hemorrhagic choroidal detachment (including traum atic separation of choroid and sclera) or subretinal hemorrhage, underwent closed vitrectomy. The operative prognosis in different groups were analyzed statisti cally. Results The retina reattached in 38 eyes （92.7％）, in cluding 10 with the final visual acuity gt; 0.1（24.4％）；the visual acuity improved postoperatively in 29 (70.7％)，including 14 in subretinal hemorrhage group （87.5％, 14/16），12 in serous choroidal detachment group（75.0%, 12/16）and 3 in hemorrhagic choroidal detachment（33.3%, 3/9） (chi;2＝8.394, P＝0.015); amaurosis was found in 6 eyes, all of which were with hemorrhagic choroidal deta chment preoperatively. In 17 eyes with ocular hypotension, a persistent silicone oil tamponade was needed in 8（47.1％）, in which 5 were in the hemorrhagic choroidal detachement group (55.6％, 5/9). Conclusions Appropriate vitrectomy is helpful for traumatic retinal detachment combined with choroidal damage, and the operative prognosis of the patients combined with subretinal hemorrhage is good. The operative prognosis of hemorrhagic choroidal detachment is worse than that of the serous choroidal detachment. However, it doesnprime;t mean that all the hemorrhagic choroidal detachment eyes need ocular enucleation. The prognosis of eyes with severe traumatic choroidal detachment was poor, and the eyes are with ocular hypotension which needs a long-term silicone oil tamponade. (Chin J Ocul Fundus Dis, 2006, 22:295-298)
Objective To investigate the effect of retinectomy 360° for severe ocular rupture and evaluate the related factors associated w ith prognosis. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 28 consecutive patients (28 eyes), 18 men and 10 women, with severe ocular rupture admitted to the Chinese PLA General Hospital between January 1999 and October 2002. The patient′s ages ragned from 16 to 58 years, mean 29 years. According to the internation standardized classification of ocular trauma, the injuries located in zone I in 5 eyes, zone I-II in 8 eyes，zone II in 3 eyes, zone II-IIIⅢ in 5 eyes, zone III in 7 eyes, zone II in 3 eyes, zone II-III in 5 eyes and zone III in 7 eyes. The presenting visual acuity was in grade 4 (0.02 to light perception) in 19 eyes, and grade 5 in 9 eyes. In 28 patients, 13 had the total absence of iris and lens, 10 had iris deletion more than 1/2, and 15 had lens opacity or rupture. Ultrasound biomicroscopy and B-scan revealed ciliochoroidal detachment in 17 eyes. The B-scan revealed vitreous hemorrhage and retinal detachment in all paitents. The intraocular pressure was from 5 to 11 mm Hg in all patients. The therappeutic operative procedures which were performed by one surgeon in all of the affected eyes included standard 3-port pars plana vitrectomy with scleral encircling buckle, endophotocoagulation and tamponading with silicone oil in all patients; lensectomy in 15 eyes; 360° retinotomy and retinectomy at anterior equator in 16 patients, and posterior equator in 12 eyes.Results During the operation, all patients were confirmed with vitreous hemorrhage and retinal detachment, including hemorrhagic ciliary body detachment in 9 eyes, suprachoroidal hemorrha ge in 12 eyes, retinal twisting like morning glory in 11 eyes, and retinal incarceration in 17 eyes. Postoperative follow-up In 26 eyes who were followed up postoperatively from 6 months to 46 months, retinal reattachment was found in 20 patients (76.9%) in whom the retina of 3 was reattached after revitrectomy and the silicone oil of 8 was removed at the fourth month after operation. In 20 eyes with reattached retina, 14 (70.0%) had corrected visual acuity of 0.02 or more, including 7 (35.0%) had 0.05 or more, 3 had 0.1 or mor e, and 1 had the best visual acuity of 0.3.Conclusion Retine ctomy may improve the prognosis of severe ocular rupture and save the visual fun ction of some patients.(Chin J Ocul Fundus Dis，2003，19：333-404)
Purpose To observe the changes of choroidal circulati on and the retinal lesions caused by ocular contusion with indocyanine green ang iography (ICGA). Methods ICGA examination was performed on 30 cases (30 eyes) of various traumatic condition in conjunction with fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA). Results FFA of 19 cases (63.3%) showed the hypofluorence in quadrant or whole disc in accordance with the area of delayed filling of choroid. Twentysix cases (86.2%) showed d efected choroidel perfusion in ICGA,among them 16 cases showed localized delayed perfusion, in which the shortest perfusion time was 1 min 50 s and the l ongest time was 5 min.43 s,and 10 patients showed localized perfusion defect,and reversed filling time of retinochoroid vessels in 6 patients. Five cases (16.6%) had delayed filling time in both choroidal and central retinal vessels . Damage of retinal pigment epithelium was found in the areas of choroidal abnor mal perfusion. Conclusion ICGA combined with simultane ously FFA, is valuable in evaluating blunt injury of the ocular fundus and ben eficial to its diagnosis and treatment. (Chin J Ocul Fundus Dis, 2001,17:122-124)