Ophthalmic surgery in prion diseases.
Eleven (1.8%) of 597 patients underwent ophthalmic surgery within 1 month before the onset of prion disease or after the onset. All ophthalmologists reused surgical instruments that had been incompletely sterilized to eliminate infectious prion protein. Ophthalmologists should be aware of prion diseases as a possible cause of visual symptoms and use disposable instruments whenever possible.
Hamaguchi
Tsuyoshi
T
Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan.
Noguchi-Shinohara
Moeko
M
Nakamura
Yosikazu
Y
Sato
Takeshi
T
Kitamoto
Tetsuyuki
T
Mizusawa
Hidehiro
H
Yamada
Masahito
M
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013242:Sterilization / Q000592:standards*