BMC Ophthalmology, 2021 Background Early recognition and management of baseline risk factors may play an important role in reducing glaucoma surgery burdens. However, no studies have investigated them using real-world data in Japan or other countries.
Chikako Shirai +5 more
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Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, 2012 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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Reasons for choice of glaucoma surgery in eyes not treated with anti-glaucoma medications
BMC Ophthalmology, 2022 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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Adapted motivational interviewing to improve the uptake of treatment for glaucoma in Nigeria: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Glaucoma is a chronic eye disease associated with irreversible visual loss. In Africa, glaucoma patients often present late, with very advanced disease.
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Canaloplasty in the Treatment of Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Review of Patient Selection and Outcomes. [PDF]
, 2018 Canaloplasty is a relatively new non-penetrating surgery for the reduction of intraocular pressure in patients affected by glaucoma. The technique uses a microcatheter to perform a 360 º cannulation of Schlemm's canal and leaves in place a tension suture
Brusini, Paolo +5 more
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Progression from ocular hypertension to visual field loss in the English hospital eye service [PDF]
, 2020 Background There are more than one million National Health Service visits in England and Wales each year for patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension (OHT).
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Risk factors for undergoing surgery in patients with newly diagnosed open-angle glaucoma
Scientific Reports, 2022 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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Risk Factors of Malignant Glaucoma Occurrence after Glaucoma Surgery
Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017 Purpose. The aim of this study was twofold: first, to evaluate the predisposing factors for occurrence of malignant glaucoma and second, to compare frequency of malignant glaucoma depending on the type of primary glaucoma surgery. Methods.
Karolina Krix-Jachym +2 more
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Development of Secondary Glaucoma After Congenital Cataract Surgery and the Underlying Risk Factors
Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, 2011 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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ndophthalmitis Following Glaucoma Drainage Implant Surgery
Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, 2014 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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