cataract

Optimization of Phacoemulsification in Different Forms of the Cataract in the Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

Authors: Tishkov A. S., Kamenskikh T. G., Galanga V. A., Bucharskaya A. B., Maslyakova G. N., Bashkatov A. N., Genina E. A., Kochubey V. I., Burov A. M., Tuchin V. V.

In this work, human lens pathology in different forms of the cataract was studied. Two hundred twenty patients with a cataract (220 eyes) were included in the study. Morphological, immunohystological and immunocytochemical investigations of both lens capsule and substance with antibodies to α- (α-А and α-В), β-, and γ- crystallines were carried out. Diabetic patients revealed a more pronounced expression of α- and β-B crystallin compared with a group of patients with age-related cataracts. Correlation between composition of the crystallines in a lens and its density was demonstrated.

Influence of 40%-glucose Solution on a Human Corneal Structure

Authors: Orlova A. S., Bashkatov A. N., Genina E. A., Kolbenev I. O., Kamensky I. D., Kamenskikh T. G., Tuchin V. V.

Effective treatment of the patients with postoperative corneal edema is one of the actual problems in ophthalmology. In this paper results of complex monitoring of influence of 40%-glucose solution on the state of both normal and edematous cornea after a cataract phacoemulsification on the base of date of confocal microscopy and optical coherence tomography have been presented. It has been shown that the glucose solution induces a short-term swelling of the healthy cornea and dehydration of the edematous one, as well as optical clearing of the tissue in the both cases.