Initial experience in self-monitoring of intraocular pressure. [PDF]
Background/aims: Diurnal variation in intraocular pressure (IOP) is a routine assessment in glaucoma management. Providing patients the opportunity to perform self-tonometry might empower them and free hospital resource.
Dabasia, P. +4 more
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Intraluminal Deposits Found in Glaucoma Tube Shunts Via Anterior Segment Ocular Coherence Tomography [PDF]
PURPOSE: To describe and characterize a novel observation of intraluminal deposits of glaucoma tube shunts (TS) using spectral domain (SD) ocular coherence topography (OCT).
Alvarado, Jorge A. +2 more
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Acute Glaucoma Filtering Surgery Failure following Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Infection
Herein, we report a case of acute failure of a previously successful trabeculectomy, following an infection with herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO). HZO remains a common infection, especially among elderly and immunocompromised patients.
Stylianos A. Kandarakis +6 more
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The Only Eye Study (OnES): a qualitative study of surgeon experiences of only eye surgery and recommendations for patient safety [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: Performing surgery on patients with only one seeing-eye, where complications may result in catastrophic vision loss, presents unique challenges for the ophthalmic care team.
Crabb, D. P. +5 more
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Canaloplasty: current value in the management of glaucoma [PDF]
Canaloplasty is a nonpenetrating blebless surgical technique for open-angle glaucoma, in which a flexible microcatheter is inserted within Schlemm's canal for the entire 360 degrees. When the microcatheter exits the opposite end, a 10-0 prolene suture is
Cagini, Carlo +5 more
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Purpose To evaluate the visual outcome, intraocular pressure control and trabeculectomy survival after phacoemulsification in eyes with prior trabeculectomy in uveitis associated with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (VKH).
Faisal A. Almobarak +3 more
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Efficacy and safety of XEN®—Implantation vs. trabeculectomy: Data of a “real-world” setting
Objective To compare surgical success, postoperative intraocular pressure and complication rates between trabeculectomy and XEN gelstent surgery in a cohort of glaucoma patients in a typical clinical setting.
F. Wagner +4 more
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Outcome of repeat trabeculectomy with mitomycin C in isolation or combined with phacoemulsification
Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of repeat trabeculectomy with Mitomycin C (MMC) in isolation or combined with phacoemulsification, and to identify risk factors for failure over 1 year.
Jeevitha Jagannathan +3 more
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Ocular manifestations of Sturge–Weber syndrome: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management [PDF]
Sturge-Weber syndrome has been included in the group of phakomatoses that is characterized by hamartomas involving the brain, skin, and eyes. The characteristic facial port-wine stain, involving the first branch of the trigeminal nerve and the embryonic ...
Abdolrahimzadeh, Solmaz +4 more
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Comparison of Outcomes between Endoscopic and Transcleral Cyclophotocoagulation. [PDF]
Importance: Traditionally cyclophotocoagulation has been reserved as a treatment of last resort for eyes with advanced stage glaucoma, but increasingly it is offered to eyes with less severe disease.
Beardsley, Robert +7 more
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