Kazushiro Okazaki
Kyoto University
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science | 2017
Galina Dimitrova; Etsuo Chihara; Hirokazu Takahashi; Hiroyuki Amano; Kazushiro Okazaki
Purpose To compare optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiographic parameters in retina and choriocapillaris between control subjects and diabetic patients without diabetic retinopathy (NDR). Correlations were studied between OCT angiography parameters, retinal structure parameters, and systemic characteristics in all subjects. Methods Sixty-two patients were included in the study: control subjects (n = 33) and patients with NDR (n = 29). Optical coherence topography angiographic parameters were as follows: vessel density (%) (in superficial, deep retinal vessel plexus and in choriocapillary layer) and foveal avascular zone (FAZ) area (mm2) in superficial and deep retinal vessel plexus of parafovea. Split-spectrum amplitude decorrelation angiography (SSADA) software algorithm was used for evaluation of vessel density and FAZ area (nonflow area tool). Spectral-domain OCT was used to assess full, inner, and outer retinal thickness and volume in parafovea. Results In superficial and deep retina, vessel densities in NDR (44.35% ± 13.31% and 31.03% ± 16.33%) were decreased as compared to control subjects (51.39% ± 13.05%, P = 0.04; and 41.53% ± 14.08%, P < 0.01). Foveal avascular zone in superficial retina of NDR patients (0.37 ± 0.11 mm2) was greater than in controls (0.31 ± 0.10 mm2, P = 0.02). Superficial vessel density significantly correlated with full retinal thickness and volume in parafovea (r = 0.43, P = 0.01; r = 0.43, P = 0.01) and with outer retinal volume in parafovea (r = 0.35, P < 0.05) of healthy subjects. Systolic blood pressure and ocular perfusion pressure significantly correlated with deep vessel density in NDR (r = -0.45, P = 0.02; r = -0.46, P = 0.01), but not in controls. Conclusions Superficial and deep retinal vessel density in parafovea of diabetic patients without diabetic retinopathy are both decreased compared to healthy subjects. The associations between vessel density with retinal tissue thickness and with subjects clinical characteristics differ between healthy subjects and patients with NDR.
Case Reports in Ophthalmology | 2012
Masayuki Akimoto; Tadamichi Akagi; Kazushiro Okazaki; Etsuo Chihara
Purpose: To describe a patient with intrachoroidal cavitation in the normal eye that caused self-limiting recurrent macular detachment and retinoschisis. Case Report: An 80-year-old female patient with intrachoroidal cavitation in the normal eye presented with macular detachment and retinoschisis after cataract surgery. These were treated with intravitreal bevacizumab and then absorbed within 9 months. One year after cataract surgery, the patient presented with macular detachment and retinoschisis in the same eye again. These were absorbed within 4 months without treatment. Conclusion: This case suggests that similar cases of cystoid macular edema after cataract surgery can occur, and that intrachoroidal cavitation is observed not only in eyes with pathologic myopia but also in normal eyes with peripapillary atrophy; intrachoroidal cavitation can cause macular detachment and retinoschisis.
Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology | 2001
Masaru Inatani; Hidenobu Tanihara; Takahito Muto; Megumi Honjo; Kazushiro Okazaki; Noriaki Kido; Yoshihito Honda
PURPOSE To elucidate the characterization of intraocular pressure (IOP) spike after trabeculotomy, and after the combined procedure of phacoemulsification and aspiration (PEA) and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. METHODS Included in this study were 39 patients (53 eyes) with primary open-angle glaucoma with IOPs uncontrolled even with anti-glaucoma medication. We conducted a retrospective study for the following two groups: Patients who underwent trabeculotomy alone (25 eyes) and patients undergoing trabeculotomy combined with PEA and implantation of an IOL (28 eyes). RESULTS In 7 (28%) of the 25 eyes after trabeculotomy alone and 7 (25%) of the 28 eyes after the combined procedure, transient IOP elevation was found postoperatively. The incidence of hyphema-related IOP spike was significantly higher in eyes after trabeculotomy alone (16%) than after the combined procedure (0%). After removal of the blood present in the anterior chamber in eyes with hyphema-related IOP spikes, the IOP levels were well controlled. CONCLUSIONS Hyphema-related IOP spike is one of the common complications in eyes after trabeculotomy alone, and the combined procedure decreases the incidence of this complication. It is thought that removal of prolonged massive hyphema is effective as treatment for hyphema-related IOP spike.
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science | 2000
Megumi Honjo; Hidenobu Tanihara; Noriaki Kido; Masaru Inatani; Kazushiro Okazaki; Yoshihito Honda
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science | 1999
Masayuki Akimoto; Shin-ichi Miyatake; Jun-ichi Kogishi; Masanori Hangai; Kazushiro Okazaki; Jun C. Takahashi; Masaaki Saiki; Masayoshi Iwaki; Yoshihito Honda
Experimental Cell Research | 2004
Kelly Wentz-Hunter; Xiang Shen; Kazushiro Okazaki; Hidenobu Tanihara; Beatrice Y. J. T. Yue
Experimental Eye Research | 1998
Masayuki Akimoto; Masanori Hangai; Kazushiro Okazaki; Jun-ichi Kogishi; Yoshihito Honda; Yasufumi Kaneda
Current Eye Research | 1999
Jun-ichi Kogishi; Shin-ichi Miyatake; Masanori Hangai; Masayuki Akimoto; Kazushiro Okazaki; Yoshihito Honda
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science | 2017
Galina Dimitrova; Etsuo Chihara; Hiroyuki Takahashi; Hiroyuki Amano; Kazushiro Okazaki
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science | 2017
Galina Dimitrova; Etsuo Chihara; Hirokazu Takahashi; Hiroyuki Amano; Kazushiro Okazaki