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Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række, Jan 15, 1969
Medical & biological illustration
Acta Ophthalmologica, 2009
Fresh and undamaged cornea had unchanged endothelial cell density for four weeks in culture, whil... more Fresh and undamaged cornea had unchanged endothelial cell density for four weeks in culture, while eyes removed at autopsy suffered a cell loss. Acceptable cell density was found in eyes removed within eight hours, and this was confirmed by the results of 55 penetrating grafts using cultured autopsy material. Storage in culture for more than one week seemed to influence the results unfavourably. Immune reactions were not seen.
Acta Ophthalmol, 2009
Explants from the retinal pigment epithelium and the underlying choroid and sclera were dissected... more Explants from the retinal pigment epithelium and the underlying choroid and sclera were dissected from human eyes and transfered to culture wells. The mechanical trauma caused by the dissection and removal of the explants, and the changes in biological milieu caused by transfer of the tissue to an in vitro system causes injury, necrosis and detachment of cells from Bruchs membrane. In the retinal pigment epithelium, cells adjacent to damaged, spherical and detaching cells and smaller cell free zones form rosettes. At the periphery of big defects, the cells spread out to cover the denuded areas of Bruch's membrane. The present work has shown that cell injury in the human retinal pigment epithelium is followed by reactive cellular changes in vitro. The result of these reactive changes are increased variation in cellular form and magnitude and in pigment concentration per unit area.
American journal of epidemiology, 1983
The relationship between cataract prevalence, altitude, and sunlight hours was investigated in a ... more The relationship between cataract prevalence, altitude, and sunlight hours was investigated in a large national probability sample survey of 105 sites in the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, December 1980 through April 1981. Cataract of senile or unknown etiology was diagnosed by ophthalmologists in 873 of 30,565 full-time life-long residents of survey sites. Simultaneously, the altitude of sites was measured using a standard mountain altimeter. Seasonally adjusted average daily duration of sunlight exposure for each site was calculated by a method which took into account latitude and obstructions along the skyline. Age- and sex-standardized cataract prevalence was 2.7 times higher in sites at an altitude of 185 meters or less than in sites over 1000 meters. Cataract prevalence was negatively correlated with altitude (r = -0.533, p less than 0.0001). However, a positive correlation between cataract prevalence and sunlight was observed (r = 0.563, p less than 0.0001). Sites with an averag...
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1985
This report presents the major findings of the Nepal Blindness Survey, the first nationwide epide... more This report presents the major findings of the Nepal Blindness Survey, the first nationwide epidemiological survey of blindness, which was conducted in 1979-80. The survey was designed to gather data that could be used to estimate the prevalence and causes of blindness in the country. Ancillary studies were conducted to obtain information on socioeconomic correlates and other risk factors of blinding conditions and patterns of health care utilization.The nationwide blindness prevalence rate is 0.84%. Cataract is the leading cause of blindness, accounting for over 80% of all avoidable blindness. Trachoma is the most prevalent blinding condition, affecting 6.5% of the population. Very few cases of childhood blindness were detected.The implications of the survey findings for programme planning, health manpower development, and health education are discussed.
Acta Ophthalmologica, 2009
Acta Ophthalmologica, 2009
Acta Ophthalmologica, 2009
Seveteen children under the age of ten years with unilateral traumatic aphakia, who had been fitt... more Seveteen children under the age of ten years with unilateral traumatic aphakia, who had been fitted with contact lenses, were reviewed by an ophthalmologist and an orthoptist, on average three years after the injury. Thirteen children were still using their lenses. Of the seventeen, none were deeply amblyopic. Only one had orthophoria. Twelve of the seventeen had heterotropia, which in most cases was moderate. Six of the children achieved stereopsis in the synoptophore, only four by the Titmus sterotest, all of these were six years old or more at the time of the injury, and had had lenses fitted within the first six months of the injury. All the patients, as well as their parents, were motivated for lens-wearing, and the lens played an important part in the treatment of amblyopia. It is concluded that the sooner the contact lens is supplied, the better are the changes of obtaining binocular function. Beginning with a soft lens a few weeks after achieving clear pupil is recommended.
Acta Ophthalmologica, 2009
A technique that permits removal of viable retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) explants of determine... more A technique that permits removal of viable retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) explants of determined size from Bruch's membrane, and the transfer of such explants with maintained apico-basal polarity to cell culture dishes is presented. The RPE is a polarized tissue where the apical surface is involved in the interchange of material between the choroid and sensory retina and in phagocytosis of visual receptor outer segments. The maintenance of this polarity is of importance in studies aimed at elucidating these functions on pure RPE explants in early primary culture. N o previous work has presented a method that permits this maintenance. The possibility of standardizing the size of these explants should facilitate quantitative studies on phagocytosis and uptake of markers and labelled compounds. The described dissection procedure is also currently used to separate the RPE as a pure cell population from surgically removed chorio-retinal biopsies for cell culture purpose.
Acta Ophthalmologica, 2009
Explants from the retinal pigment epithelium and the underlying choroid and sclera were dissected... more Explants from the retinal pigment epithelium and the underlying choroid and sclera were dissected from human eyes and transfered to culture wells. The mechanical trauma caused by the dissection and removal of the explants, and the changes in biological milieu caused by transfer of the tissue to an in vitro system causes injury, necrosis and detachment of cells from Bruchs membrane. In the retinal pigment epithelium, cells adjacent to damaged, spherical and detaching cells and smaller cell free zones form rosettes. At the periphery of big defects, the cells spread out to cover the denuded areas of Bruch's membrane. The present work has shown that cell injury in the human retinal pigment epithelium is followed by reactive cellular changes in vitro. The result of these reactive changes are increased variation in cellular form and magnitude and in pigment concentration per unit area.
Ophthalmology, 2000
To determine clinical outcomes of primary intracapsular cataract surgery with and without implant... more To determine clinical outcomes of primary intracapsular cataract surgery with and without implantation of anterior chamber lenses. A multicenter randomized clinical trial. One thousand two hundred twenty-nine male and female patients 40-75 years of age with senile cataract. Study patients were recruited from screening eye camps and outpatient clinics. Randomization to the two treatment groups was performed after screening for predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Demographics, visual acuity, intraocular pressures, and corneal endothelial cell data were recorded before surgery and at 6 weeks, 12 months, and 24 months after surgery. Monitoring of the study was secured by a standardized image documentation procedure on all patients using the IMAGEnet digital imaging system. Analysis of corneal endothelial cell images was performed with the Cell Soft software (Topcon Corporation, Japan). Visual acuity and central corneal endothelial cell loss. The patients were randomized to intraocular lens (IOL; n = 616) and no IOL (n = 613) implantation. Surgical complications were reported in 177 (14.4%) patients (IOL = 14.8%; no IOL = 14.0%). The most frequent complication observed was vitreous loss which occurred in 10.3% of eyes (IOL = 11.2%; no IOL = 9.5%). At the final examination (2 years after surgery), 88% of the operated eyes had a best corrected vision of 6/18 or better (IOL = 88.8%; no IOL = 86.6%). Analysis of corneal endothelial cell data showed a small but significantly greater cell loss 6 weeks after surgery in eyes with IOL compared with those without IOL, but no overall difference was found between the treatment groups in the long term follow-up. The findings indicate that there is a rationale for the use of anterior chamber intraocular lenses in primary intracapsular cataract surgery.
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Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række, Jan 15, 1969
Medical & biological illustration
Acta Ophthalmologica, 2009
Fresh and undamaged cornea had unchanged endothelial cell density for four weeks in culture, whil... more Fresh and undamaged cornea had unchanged endothelial cell density for four weeks in culture, while eyes removed at autopsy suffered a cell loss. Acceptable cell density was found in eyes removed within eight hours, and this was confirmed by the results of 55 penetrating grafts using cultured autopsy material. Storage in culture for more than one week seemed to influence the results unfavourably. Immune reactions were not seen.
Acta Ophthalmol, 2009
Explants from the retinal pigment epithelium and the underlying choroid and sclera were dissected... more Explants from the retinal pigment epithelium and the underlying choroid and sclera were dissected from human eyes and transfered to culture wells. The mechanical trauma caused by the dissection and removal of the explants, and the changes in biological milieu caused by transfer of the tissue to an in vitro system causes injury, necrosis and detachment of cells from Bruchs membrane. In the retinal pigment epithelium, cells adjacent to damaged, spherical and detaching cells and smaller cell free zones form rosettes. At the periphery of big defects, the cells spread out to cover the denuded areas of Bruch's membrane. The present work has shown that cell injury in the human retinal pigment epithelium is followed by reactive cellular changes in vitro. The result of these reactive changes are increased variation in cellular form and magnitude and in pigment concentration per unit area.
American journal of epidemiology, 1983
The relationship between cataract prevalence, altitude, and sunlight hours was investigated in a ... more The relationship between cataract prevalence, altitude, and sunlight hours was investigated in a large national probability sample survey of 105 sites in the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, December 1980 through April 1981. Cataract of senile or unknown etiology was diagnosed by ophthalmologists in 873 of 30,565 full-time life-long residents of survey sites. Simultaneously, the altitude of sites was measured using a standard mountain altimeter. Seasonally adjusted average daily duration of sunlight exposure for each site was calculated by a method which took into account latitude and obstructions along the skyline. Age- and sex-standardized cataract prevalence was 2.7 times higher in sites at an altitude of 185 meters or less than in sites over 1000 meters. Cataract prevalence was negatively correlated with altitude (r = -0.533, p less than 0.0001). However, a positive correlation between cataract prevalence and sunlight was observed (r = 0.563, p less than 0.0001). Sites with an averag...
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1985
This report presents the major findings of the Nepal Blindness Survey, the first nationwide epide... more This report presents the major findings of the Nepal Blindness Survey, the first nationwide epidemiological survey of blindness, which was conducted in 1979-80. The survey was designed to gather data that could be used to estimate the prevalence and causes of blindness in the country. Ancillary studies were conducted to obtain information on socioeconomic correlates and other risk factors of blinding conditions and patterns of health care utilization.The nationwide blindness prevalence rate is 0.84%. Cataract is the leading cause of blindness, accounting for over 80% of all avoidable blindness. Trachoma is the most prevalent blinding condition, affecting 6.5% of the population. Very few cases of childhood blindness were detected.The implications of the survey findings for programme planning, health manpower development, and health education are discussed.
Acta Ophthalmologica, 2009
Acta Ophthalmologica, 2009
Acta Ophthalmologica, 2009
Seveteen children under the age of ten years with unilateral traumatic aphakia, who had been fitt... more Seveteen children under the age of ten years with unilateral traumatic aphakia, who had been fitted with contact lenses, were reviewed by an ophthalmologist and an orthoptist, on average three years after the injury. Thirteen children were still using their lenses. Of the seventeen, none were deeply amblyopic. Only one had orthophoria. Twelve of the seventeen had heterotropia, which in most cases was moderate. Six of the children achieved stereopsis in the synoptophore, only four by the Titmus sterotest, all of these were six years old or more at the time of the injury, and had had lenses fitted within the first six months of the injury. All the patients, as well as their parents, were motivated for lens-wearing, and the lens played an important part in the treatment of amblyopia. It is concluded that the sooner the contact lens is supplied, the better are the changes of obtaining binocular function. Beginning with a soft lens a few weeks after achieving clear pupil is recommended.
Acta Ophthalmologica, 2009
A technique that permits removal of viable retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) explants of determine... more A technique that permits removal of viable retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) explants of determined size from Bruch's membrane, and the transfer of such explants with maintained apico-basal polarity to cell culture dishes is presented. The RPE is a polarized tissue where the apical surface is involved in the interchange of material between the choroid and sensory retina and in phagocytosis of visual receptor outer segments. The maintenance of this polarity is of importance in studies aimed at elucidating these functions on pure RPE explants in early primary culture. N o previous work has presented a method that permits this maintenance. The possibility of standardizing the size of these explants should facilitate quantitative studies on phagocytosis and uptake of markers and labelled compounds. The described dissection procedure is also currently used to separate the RPE as a pure cell population from surgically removed chorio-retinal biopsies for cell culture purpose.
Acta Ophthalmologica, 2009
Explants from the retinal pigment epithelium and the underlying choroid and sclera were dissected... more Explants from the retinal pigment epithelium and the underlying choroid and sclera were dissected from human eyes and transfered to culture wells. The mechanical trauma caused by the dissection and removal of the explants, and the changes in biological milieu caused by transfer of the tissue to an in vitro system causes injury, necrosis and detachment of cells from Bruchs membrane. In the retinal pigment epithelium, cells adjacent to damaged, spherical and detaching cells and smaller cell free zones form rosettes. At the periphery of big defects, the cells spread out to cover the denuded areas of Bruch's membrane. The present work has shown that cell injury in the human retinal pigment epithelium is followed by reactive cellular changes in vitro. The result of these reactive changes are increased variation in cellular form and magnitude and in pigment concentration per unit area.
Ophthalmology, 2000
To determine clinical outcomes of primary intracapsular cataract surgery with and without implant... more To determine clinical outcomes of primary intracapsular cataract surgery with and without implantation of anterior chamber lenses. A multicenter randomized clinical trial. One thousand two hundred twenty-nine male and female patients 40-75 years of age with senile cataract. Study patients were recruited from screening eye camps and outpatient clinics. Randomization to the two treatment groups was performed after screening for predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Demographics, visual acuity, intraocular pressures, and corneal endothelial cell data were recorded before surgery and at 6 weeks, 12 months, and 24 months after surgery. Monitoring of the study was secured by a standardized image documentation procedure on all patients using the IMAGEnet digital imaging system. Analysis of corneal endothelial cell images was performed with the Cell Soft software (Topcon Corporation, Japan). Visual acuity and central corneal endothelial cell loss. The patients were randomized to intraocular lens (IOL; n = 616) and no IOL (n = 613) implantation. Surgical complications were reported in 177 (14.4%) patients (IOL = 14.8%; no IOL = 14.0%). The most frequent complication observed was vitreous loss which occurred in 10.3% of eyes (IOL = 11.2%; no IOL = 9.5%). At the final examination (2 years after surgery), 88% of the operated eyes had a best corrected vision of 6/18 or better (IOL = 88.8%; no IOL = 86.6%). Analysis of corneal endothelial cell data showed a small but significantly greater cell loss 6 weeks after surgery in eyes with IOL compared with those without IOL, but no overall difference was found between the treatment groups in the long term follow-up. The findings indicate that there is a rationale for the use of anterior chamber intraocular lenses in primary intracapsular cataract surgery.