[Management of retinitis pigmentosa. 8 patients treated for retinitis pigmentosa/Usher syndrome in Cuba].

Abstract

Full ocular clinical examination including fundus photography, dark adaptation (but not ERG) was performed on six patients with retinitis pigmentosa and on two patients with Usher syndrome before and six months after being treated for three weeks in Cuba. Four men and four women (20 to 44 years) had surgery on both eyes, in addition to ozonotherapy, electric stimulation and oral/parenteral medication. The patients did not know what surgical procedures had been used. The medication continued several months after returning home. No gain in visual function was recorded. One patient had diplopia after treatment and needed surgery. Three patients experienced annoying side effects in visual function after treatment, especially photophobia. One of these had an increase of fundus pigmentation in a localized area.

• Authors: J G Hetland
• Journal: Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke (Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen) Vol. 114 Issue 13 Pg. 1515-6 (May 20 1994) ISSN: 0029-2001 [Print] Norway
• Vernacular Title: Behandling av retinitis pigmentosa. Atte pasienter behandlet for retinitis pigmentosa/Ushers syndrom på Cuba.
• PMID: 8079244 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Cuba
• Deafness (diagnosis, physiopathology, therapy)
• Female
• Fluorescein Angiography
• Humans
• Male
• Prognosis
• Retinitis Pigmentosa (diagnosis, physiopathology, therapy)
• Syndrome
• Visual Acuity