Volume 13, Number 1—January 2007
Dispatch
Ophthalmic Surgery in Prion Diseases
Table 1
Characteristics of sCJD patients and ophthalmic surgery*
Patient no. | Sex/age, y† | Disease duration, mo‡ | Symptom at sCJD onset | Ophthalmic disease | Interval, mo§ | Visual symptoms after surgery | Reused instruments | Cleaning method |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | M/81 | 8 | Visual | Cataract | 4 | NA | NA | NA |
2 | M/61 | 15 | Dementia | Cataract | 0 | Improved | Yes | Autoclave (135°C for 9 min) |
3 | F/64 | 20 | Visual | Cataract | 14 | Not changed | Yes | EOG |
4 | F/59 | 3 | Dementia | Detached retina | –1 | Improved | Yes | EOG |
5 | F/57 | 10 | Dementia | Cataract | 10 | NA | NA | NA |
6 | F/79 | 5 | Dementia | Cataract | –1 | Improved | Yes | EOG |
7 | M/74 | 16 | Visual | Cataract | 3 | Improved | Yes | Autoclave (132°C for 10 min), EOG |
8 | F/63 | 5 | Visual | Cataract | 1 | Deteriorated | Yes | Autoclave (132°C for 10 min) |
9 | M/79 | 6 | Gait disturbance | Cataract | 2 | Not changed | Yes | Autoclave (121°C for 60 min) |
10 | F/66 | 3 | Dementia | Cataract | 1 | NA | NA | NA |
*sCJD, sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; visual, visual impairment; NA, not available; EOG, ethylene oxide gas.
†At sCJD onset.
‡Disease duration, the duration from onset to akinetic mutism state or death if the patients never displayed akinetic mutism.
§Between surgery and sCJD symptoms.
1Current affiliation: Ishikawa Prefecture Central Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan
2Member, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Committee, Japan