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PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA [PDF]

AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 2009
Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), by far the most common form of glaucoma, currently afflicts more than 2 million Americans, more than half of whom probably don't know they have it. Asymptomatic in the early stages, it gradually and progressively reduces the visual field and leads to blindness if untreated.
Nancy C, Sharts-Hopko, Catherine, Glynn-Milley   +1 more
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Effect of antioxidants on primary open-angle glaucoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

Frontiers in Pharmacology
Background/ObjectivesPrimary open-angle glaucoma is a major global cause of vision loss, severely impacting quality of life. Although the need for effective treatments is widely recognized, the efficacy and safety of antioxidants remain uncertain.
Jie Bao, Yujia Yu, Guosen Chen, Chen Hu, Cong Zhao, Xiang Li   +5 more
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[Primary open-angle glaucoma].

La Revue du praticien, 2019
Primary open-angle glaucoma. Primary open-angle glaucoma is a progressive optic neuropathy with characteristic morphological changes at the optic nerve head and retinal fiber layer in the absence of other ocular disease. The diagnosis is difficult and based on conjunction of elevated intraocular pressure (inconstant) loss of retinal fiber layer and ...
S. Bertaud, V. Aragno, C. Baudouin, A. Labbé   +3 more
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Effect of Glaucoma on Corneal Endothelium [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Medical Research, 2021
Background: Glaucoma is a group of diseases characterized by a specific pattern of optic nerve neuropathy and retinopathy which is permenant. There is increasing evidence of glaucoma-associated corneal endothelial changes.
Hazem Effat Abd El-Ghany Mohammad Haroon, Asmaa Mohamed Samir, Haytham Ibrahim Ibrahim El-Shawaf, Muller Victor Shaker   +3 more
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Prevalence of primary open angle glaucoma in the last 20 years: a meta-analysis and systematic review

Scientific Reports, 2021
Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is a leading cause of irreversible blindness in the world and is influenced by various sociodemographic factors. This meta-analysis aims to determine the worldwide prevalence of POAG in the adult general population for ...
Nan Zhang, Jiaxing Wang, Ying Li, B. Jiang   +3 more
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Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 127 open-angle glaucoma loci with consistent effect across ancestries

Nature Communications, 2021
Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), is a heritable common cause of blindness world-wide. To identify risk loci, we conduct a large multi-ethnic meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies on a total of 34,179 cases and 349,321 controls, identifying ...
P. Gharahkhani, E. Jorgenson, P. Hysi, A. Khawaja, S. Pendergrass, Xikun Han, Jue-Sheng Ong, A. Hewitt, A. Segrè, J. Rouhana, Andrew R. Hamel, R. Igo, H. Choquet, Ayub Qassim, N. Josyula, J. C. Cooke Bailey, Pieter W. M. Bonnemaijer, Adriana I. Iglesias, O. Siggs, T. Young, V. Vitart, A. Thiadens, J. Karjalainen, S. Uebe, R. Melles, K. S. Nair, R. Luben, Mark J. Simcoe, Nishani Amersinghe, A. Cree, Rene Hohn, A. Poplawski, L. J. Chen, S. Rong, T. Aung, E. Vithana, G. Tamiya, Yukihiro Shiga, Masayuki Yamamoto, T. Nakazawa, Hannah Currant, E. Birney, Xin Wang, A. Auton, Michelle K. Lupton, N. Martin, A. Ashaye, O. Olawoye, S. Williams, S. Akafo, M. Ramsay, Kazuki Hashimoto, Y. Kamatani, M. Akiyama, Y. Momozawa, P. Foster, P. Khaw, J. Morgan, N. Strouthidis, P. Kraft, J. Kang, C. Pang, F. Pasutto, P. Mitchell, A. Lotery, A. Palotie, C. V. van Duijn, J. Haines, C. Hammond, L. Pasquale, C. Klaver, M. Hauser, C. Khor, D. Mackey, M. Kubo, Ching-Yu Cheng, J. Craig, S. Macgregor, J. Wiggs   +78 more
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Ab-externo MicroShunt versus Trabeculectomy in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: 1-year Results from a 2-year Randomized, Multicenter Study.

Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.), 2021
OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness and safety of the MicroShunt versus trabeculectomy in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). DESIGN One-year results from a 2-year, prospective, randomized, multicenter, non-inferiority study ...
N. Baker, H. Barnebey, M. Moster, M. Stiles, S. Vold, A. Khatana, B. Flowers, D. Grover, N. Strouthidis, Joseph F. Panarelli   +9 more
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Safety and Effectiveness of the PRESERFLO® MicroShunt in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: Results from a 2-Year Multicenter Study.

Ophthalmology Glaucoma, 2021
OBJECTIVE To assess the safety and effectiveness of the PRESERFLO® MicroShunt (formerly InnFocus MicroShunt®) in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).
H. Beckers, F. Aptel, C. Webers, E. Bluwol, J. Martínez-de-la-Casa, J. García-Feijóo, Y. Lachkar, C. Mendez-Hernandez, I. Riss, H. Shao, L. Pinchuk, R. Angeles, Omar Sadruddin, T. Shaarawy   +13 more
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PreserFlo® MicroShunt: An Overview of This Minimally Invasive Device for Open-Angle Glaucoma

Vision, 2022
For moderate-to-severe glaucoma, trabeculectomy remains the “gold standard” intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering treatment; nonetheless, this method requires extensive post-operative maintenance.
G. Gambini, Matteo Mario Carlà, Federico Giannuzzi, T. Caporossi, Umberto De Vico, A. Savastano, A. Baldascino, Clara Rizzo, Raphael Kilian, A. Caporossi, S. Rizzo   +10 more
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Juvenile-onset Open-angle Glaucoma - A Clinical and Genetic Update.

Survey of ophthalmology, 2021
Juvenile-onset open-angle glaucoma (JOAG) is a subset of primary open-angle glaucoma that is diagnosed before 40 years of age. The disease may be familial or non-familial, with proportions varying among different populations.
Harathy Selvan, Shikha Gupta, J. Wiggs, V. Gupta   +3 more
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