title: [Visual acuity after surgical management of ciliary body melanoma].
abstract: The aim was to evaluate the visual acuity after transcleral resection of ciliary body melanoma. 42 patients were treated by trans-scleral resection of melanoma between January 1995 and June 2001. Additional rutenium brachytherapy was performed in 29 cases. Cataract surgery and intraocular lens implantation was necessary in 7 cases. Postoperative filtration bleb appeared in 6 eyes. The evaluation of functional results has shown no impairment of visual acuity in 56% of cases and did not change during follow up. These observations show that functional results after trans-scleral resection with additional brachytherapy are satisfactory and stable during follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Z Katedry i Kliniki Okulistyki Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie.
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Romanowska-Dixon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001918:Brachytherapy; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D014792:Visual Acuity