% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence % of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older. % Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or % “biber”. @ARTICLE{Lalos:298919, author = {F. Lalos and D. Flühs and M. Guberina and N. Bornfeld and M. Stuschke$^*$ and W. Sauerwein and N. E. Bechrakis}, title = {{T}reatment-{R}elated {C}omplications and {F}unctional {R}esults after {R}uthenium-106 {B}rachytherapy in {S}mall to {M}edium {S}ize {U}veal {M}elanomas ({P}art 2). [{B}ehandlungsbedingte {K}omplikationen und funktionelle {E}rgebnisse nach {R}uthenium-106-{B}rachytherapie bei kleinen bis mittelgroßen {A}derhautmelanomen ({T}eil 2)].}, journal = {Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde}, volume = {242}, number = {2}, issn = {0023-2165}, address = {Stuttgart}, publisher = {Thieme}, reportid = {DKFZ-2025-00355}, pages = {116 - 126}, year = {2025}, abstract = {To analyze the treatment-related complications after ruthenium-106 brachytherapy in patients with uveal melanoma in terms of radiation-induced optic neuropathy, maculopathy and retinopathy, radiation-related vitreous hemorrhage, and retinal detachment, as well as secondary glaucoma and radiogenic cataract. In addition, the course of visual acuity was analyzed.This retrospective study included 608 patients treated with ruthenium-106 brachytherapy between January 2008 and December 2010 at the Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Essen. The follow-up time was 11 years. The occurrence of the radiation-induced complications was analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method. Cox regression was used for univariate and multivariate risk factor analyses. Hazard ratios were calculated for each variable.Regarding the complications, $34\%$ (N = 207) of the patients had no reported side effects or complications during follow-up. Radiation optic neuropathy was observed in $18.8\%$ (N = 114) of the patients, with a median time to onset of 16 months (range: 3 - 78 months). Radiation maculopathy occurred in $8.2\%$ (N = 50) after a median time of 17 months (range: 3 - 67 months). Radiation retinopathy was observed in $20.1\%$ (N = 122), with a median time to onset of 21 months (range: 6 - 67 months). Secondary glaucoma developed in $9.7\%$ of the patients (N = 53) and radiogenic cataract in $46.8\%$ (N = 227). Vitreous hemorrhage $(11.8\%,$ N = 72) and scleral necrosis $(2.1\%,$ N = 13) occurred relatively rarely.The observed radiogenic complication rate is comparable with that reported in previous studies.}, keywords = {Humans / Uveal Neoplasms: radiotherapy / Brachytherapy: adverse effects / Brachytherapy: methods / Male / Female / Melanoma: radiotherapy / Middle Aged / Radiation Injuries: etiology / Ruthenium Radioisotopes: therapeutic use / Aged / Adult / Retrospective Studies / Treatment Outcome / Aged, 80 and over / Young Adult / Risk Factors / Comorbidity / Adolescent / Vision Disorders: etiology / Incidence / Prevalence / Visual Acuity: radiation effects / Ruthenium Radioisotopes (NLM Chemicals) / Ruthenium-106 (NLM Chemicals)}, cin = {ED01}, cid = {I:(DE-He78)ED01-20160331}, pnm = {899 - ohne Topic (POF4-899)}, pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-899}, typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16}, pubmed = {pmid:38395138}, doi = {10.1055/a-2275-5575}, url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/298919}, }