title: Ophthalmic surgery in prion diseases.
abstract: 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.
authors: Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan.
authors: Tsuyoshi
authors: T
authors: Hamaguchi
authors: Moeko
authors: M
authors: Noguchi-Shinohara
authors: Yosikazu
authors: Y
authors: Nakamura
authors: Takeshi
authors: T
authors: Sato
authors: Tetsuyuki
authors: T
authors: Kitamoto
authors: Hidehiro
authors: H
authors: Mizusawa
authors: Masahito
authors: M
authors: Yamada
mesh_terms: 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*