Surgical treatment of intermediate uveitis.
Surgical treatment of intermediate uveitis.
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中间葡萄膜炎的手术治疗。
DOI:
10.1159/000429650
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发表时间:
1992
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通讯作者:
Kaplan,HJ
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作者:
Kaplan,HJ
Surgical intervention in intermediate uveitis is a relatively new therapeutic modality whose role can only be appreciated in the context of the overall therapeutic armamentarium available to us in this disease. Therefore, my presentation will begin with a brief overview of the four-step treat-ment approach to intermediate uveitis. It will be followed by a discussion of the therapeutic effect of vitrectomy. Finally, the potential therapeutic effect of visible light, a new and exciting observation, will be presented. Since intermediate uveitis is frequently limited in duration, primary attention must be given to prevention of visually disabling complications until a natural quiescence is encountered. We previously proposed a four-step scheme for the treatment of patients with intermediate uveitis. The first step involves the use of systemic or periocular corticosteroids for immunosuppression. Although the disease may be present and mildly symptomatic treatment is not instituted unless visual acuity is reduced to or less than 20/30, or a secondary cataract is noted. The details of corticoster-oid treatment were previously discussed and will not be elaborated upon. If intolerance or unresponsiveness to corticosteroid therapy is encountered, the second step of the therapeutic scheme is reached, namely, cryoablation. Aaberg et al.[1] reported a favorable response to cryoablation in the area of involvement in pars planitis. Their recent experience will be presented by Mieler and Aaberg in the next paper. We use a single freeze-thaw tech-