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Volume 13, Number 1—January 2007

Dispatch

Ophthalmic Surgery in Prion Diseases

Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi*1, Moeko Noguchi-Shinohara*, Yosikazu Nakamura†2, Takeshi Sato‡2, Tetsuyuki Kitamoto§2, Hidehiro Mizusawa¶2, and Masahito Yamada*2Comments to Author 

Author affiliations: *Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical S cience, Kanazawa, Japan; †Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan; ‡National Center for Neurology and Psychiatry, Ichikawa, Japan; §Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan; ¶Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan;

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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.

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1Current affiliation: Ishikawa Prefecture Central Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

2Member, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Committee, Japan

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