Transient acute elevations of intraocular pressure occur following many ocular surgical and laser procedures. These intraocular pressure spikes, although well-tolerated in healthy eyes, may cause progression of nerve fiber damage and visual field ...
Ayça Yılmaz
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ndophthalmitis Following Glaucoma Drainage Implant Surgery
Glaucoma surgery is performed widely in our country and all around the world to lower the intraocular pressure in refractory glaucoma. Glaucoma drainage implant surgery has a special and important place among glaucoma surgeries.
Tolga Kocatürk +2 more
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Development of Secondary Glaucoma After Congenital Cataract Surgery and the Underlying Risk Factors
Pur po se: To determine the risk factors and incidence of glaucoma following congenital cataract surgery in our case series. Patients and Methods: Records of children who underwent cataract surgery between January 2001 and December 2009 were reviewed ...
Nilgün Uysal Solmaz +2 more
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Impact of glaucoma and glaucoma surgery on quality of life [PDF]
V.P. Erichev, A.V. Volzhanin Scientific Research Institute of Eye Diseases, Moscow, Russian Federation Glaucoma is a chronic, incurable disease managed by controlling intraocular pressure (IOP).
V.P. Erichev, A.V. Volzhanin
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Composite drainage in glaucoma surgery [PDF]
PURPOSE. To assess the hypotensive effectiveness, frequency and nature of intra- and postoperative complications in patients with various clinical manifestations of refractory glaucoma.MATERIALS AND METHODS.
N. A. Aldasheva +4 more
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The Accuracy of Accredited Glaucoma Optometrists in the Diagnosis and Treatment Recommendation for Glaucoma [PDF]
Background/aims: To compare the diagnostic performance of accredited glaucoma optometrists (AGO) for both the diagnosis of, and decision to treat glaucoma with that of routine hospital eye care against a reference standard of expert opinion, i.e ...
Burr, J. +13 more
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Topical prostaglandin analogues and conjunctival inflammation in uveitic glaucoma. [PDF]
20.02.14 KB. Ok to add published verson to spiral, OA paper.A pilot study to determine whether topical prostaglandin analogues alter the expression of conjunctival inflammatory markers in patients with uveitic glaucoma.Prospective, single-masked case ...
Sallam, A +3 more
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Reasons for choice of glaucoma surgery in eyes not treated with anti-glaucoma medications
Background In the real world, some glaucoma patients can undergo an incisional glaucoma surgery without using medication. The rate of cases with no medication treatment at the time of surgery among those that underwent incisional glaucoma surgeries ...
Kazunobu Sugihara +3 more
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Risk factors for undergoing surgery in patients with newly diagnosed open-angle glaucoma
Despite the clinical importance of glaucoma surgery, studies on its prevalence and risk factors are limited. We analyzed a database comprising approximately 1,000,000 Korean residents to investigate the prevalence and risk factors for undergoing glaucoma
Seung Jae Lee +7 more
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The effectiveness of early lens extraction with intraocular lens implantation for the treatment of primary angle-closure glaucoma (EAGLE) : study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness. Although primary open-angle glaucoma is more common, primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) is more likely to result in irreversible blindness.
Burr, JM +82 more
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