Molteno implant versus trabeculectomy with adjunctive intreoperative mitomycin-C in high-risk glaucoma patients.

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the efficacy of argon laser trabeculoplasty (ALT) for the treatment of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and of glaucoma associated with exfoliation syndrome (EXF). METHODS:Review of > 200 charts from patients treated with ALT between 1981 and 1987 identified 66 POAG and 29 EXF eyes that underw...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Threlkeld AB,Hertzmark E,Sturm RT,Epstein DL,Allingham RR

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the reproducibility of the new digital Goldmann applanation tonometer AT 900D (DGT) for measuring intraocular pressure and to compare its readings with those provided by the conventional analog Goldmann tonometer (AGT). METHODS:In 3 different sessions (S1, S2, and S3), 3 intraocular pressure measure...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Morales-Fernandez L,Martinez-de-la-Casa JM,Garcia-Feijoo J,Saenz-Frances F,Santos-Bueso E,Garcia-Sanchez J

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the frequencies and factors associated with 4 disc patterns in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) identified in population-based studies: focal glaucomatous (FG type), generalized enlargement of cup (GE type), myopic glaucomatous (MG type), and senile sclerotic glaucomatous (SS type) patterns. SUBJECT...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Iwase A,Araie M,Kuwayama Y,Murata H,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the outcomes of selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) in patients with primary angle closure (PAC/PACG) following a YAG peripheral laser iridotomy (PI) compared with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). METHODS:A case-control study compared the effectiveness of SLT in PAC/PACG to POAG. Data from pat...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Ali Aljasim L,Owaidhah O,Edward DP

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of long-term intraocular pressure reduction with timolol on the incidence of glaucomatous visual field defects and optic nerve cupping in individuals with ocular hypertension and to compare this incidence with that of a similar group on no treatment. ...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Vogel R

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the risk factors for hyphema after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C (MMC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:In total, 420 patients (420 eyes) with glaucoma who underwent trabeculectomy with MMC between June 1, 2005 and December 31, 2010 at Kumamoto University Hospital, Japan, were retrospectively evaluated. Hy...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Kojima S,Inatani M,Shobayashi K,Haga A,Inoue T,Tanihara H

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy (GATT) is a minimally invasive ab interno procedure, performed with guidance of an illuminating microcatheter device (iTrack). The pathophysiology of raised intraocular pressure (IOP) in uveitic glaucoma is commonly due to increased resistance at the trabecular meshwork-S...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Sachdev A,Khalili A,Choi J,Stead RE,Sung VCT

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of conjunctival melting over the tube of a glaucoma shunt, which was successfully repaired with amniotic membrane transplantation. ...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Papadaki TG,Siganos CS,Zacharopoulos IP,Panteleontidis V,Charissis SK

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PRéCIS:: Four parameters of the noninvasive, portable RETeval electroretinogram (ERG) system were found to correlate with visual field mean deviation and optical coherence tomography (OCT) thickness parameters, and may therefore be suitable for glaucoma detection. PURPOSE:To investigate the RETeval full-field ERG par...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Kita Y,Holló G,Saito T,Momota Y,Kita R,Tsunoda K,Hirakata A

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the relative afferent pupillary defect (RAPD) by swinging flashlight as a potentially useful screening test for glaucomatous optic neuropathy. METHODS:One hundred seven subjects prospectively recruited from a mixed population of glaucomatous and nonglaucomatous patients were examined for a RAPD by 1 ...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Charalel RA,Lin HS,Singh K

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the relationship between time-domain and spectral domain-scanning laser ophthalmoscopy/optical coherence tomography (SD-SLO/OCT), and to compare the ability of these methods to detect glaucoma. METHODS:Forty-nine glaucoma and 43 healthy participants were imaged by SD-SLO/OCT and Stratus OCT. Bland-...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Cho JW,Sung KR,Hong JT,Um TW,Kang SY,Kook MS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to compare intraocular pressure measurements obtained with XPERT, an upgraded model of the noncontact tonometer, with those from Goldmann applanation tonometry. METHODS:An average of three intraocular pressure measurements, generated by the XPERT, was compared with a single readin...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Popovich KS,Shields MB

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the results of routine whole-field scotopic vision testing in consecutive patients with ocular hypertension or glaucoma who underwent Humphrey automated perimetric testing and optic disc examination. In 39 ocular hypertensive patients we found a mean threshold of 16.7 +/- 7.4 dB and in 61 glaucoma patien...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Stewart WC,Chorak RP,Murrell HP

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a simple technique for removal of malpositioned Ex-PRESS miniature glaucoma filtration device. PATIENT AND METHODS:A patient who underwent removal of a malpositioned Ex-PRESS shunt from the right eye with wound revision. RESULTS:Description of step-by-step technique for removal of the Ex-PRESS shunt...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Khouri AS,Khan MN,Fechtner RD,Vold SD

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study determined the rate of response to latanoprost compared with timolol in patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension, whether some patients convert from non-responders to responders after more prolonged therapy, and whether this conversion represents a delayed response or random fluctuation. METHOD...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Camras CB,Hedman K,US Latanoprost Study Group.

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a unique case in which an inadvertent filtering bleb was created after a complicated cataract surgery through an unusual mechanism: an internal fragment of corneal stroma, which was still attached at one end of the clear corneal wound, was pushed into the anterior chamber, became inadvertently entrapped in t...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Alasil T,Jakobiec FA,Zakka FR,Gardiner M,Chen TC

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRECIS:The use of nylon wicks with fenestrations in nonvalved aqueous shunt surgery significantly reduces intraocular pressure (IOP) and glaucoma medication usage in the immediate postoperative period compared with the use of fenestrations alone. PURPOSE:To compare early postoperative IOP and medication usage in patie...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Swaminathan SS,Quist MS,Dawson LE,Rothman AL,Herndon LW

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study investigated the effects of posterior sub-Tenon capsule (PST) injection of triamcinolone acetonide (TA) on intraocular pressure (IOP) in the human eye. METHODS:The study included 115 patients who received PST injections of 40-mg TA to treat macular edema with diabetic retinopathy (n=57), branch reti...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Iwao K,Inatani M,Kawaji T,Koga T,Mawatari Y,Tanihara H

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old Indian male with a diagnosis of ocular hypertension was started on a prostaglandin analog (PGA) in both eyes to lower intraocular pressure. Six years later, he developed progressively increasing bilateral limbal conjunctival hyperpigmentation. Travoprost was discontinued and replaced with brinzolamide an...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Choi DY,Chang RT,Yegnashankaran K,Friedman NJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elastin is the major protein of elastic fibers and is responsible for the elastic recoil. Elastic fibers are a major component of the extracellular matrix in the human lamina cribrosa and undergo marked changes in primary open-angle glaucoma. Ultrastructural and immunocytochemical analysis demonstrated fragmentation o...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Hernandez MR,Yang J,Ye H

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the clinical features and anatomic parameters in asymptomatic (creeping) and symptomatic, chronic, primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) as compared with open-angle glaucoma (OAG) and with control subjects with normal eyes. METHODS:Forty consecutive patients with each of the following four types o...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Sihota R,Gupta V,Agarwal HC,Pandey RM,Deepak KK

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the frequency of epiretinal membranes (ERM) in eyes with primary open-angle glaucoma subjected to trabeculectomy. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective study on patients subjected to trabeculectomy with at least a 6-month follow-up. Ophthalmologic examination and spectral-domain optical coherence t...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Vieira L,Cabugueira A,Borges B,Carvalho V,Noronha M,Abegão Pinto L,Reina M,Dutra Medeiros M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to improve the scanning peripheral anterior chamber depth analyzer (SPAC) for measuring anterior chamber depth (ACD), differentiating eyes with shallow anterior chamber, and automatically categorizing eyes into subgroups based on the ACD values. We also investigated its accuracy for me...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Kashiwagi K,Shinbayashi E,Tsukahara S

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We measured changes in the corneal morphology and intraocular pressure (IOP) before and after the use of contact lens sensor (CLS). Then, we investigated whether the ocular dimensional change affected the measured IOP value with CLS. MATERIAL AND METHODS:In this prospective study, we examined 112 eyes of glauc...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Tojo N,Hayashi A

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose is to document the first case of unilateral mild corneal ectasia developed in an apparently nonpredisposed cornea after topical latanoprost treatment, and its regression after treatment withdrawal. We describe a 44-year-old man with visual impairment in his left eye (OS) and a past medical history of myopi...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Rodrigo-Rey S,Bolívar G,Arranz-Marquez E,Cañones-Zafra R,Teus MA

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:(1) To investigate the reference value of peak-trough difference in circadian rhythm of intraocular pressure (IOP) in habitual position and (2) to compare the IOP parameters among 3 age groups. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Habitual IOP of healthy subjects sampled from the population in the Handan Eye Study was measur...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Wang NL,Hao J,Zhen Y,Liu JH,Li SZ,Wang H,Chen H,Peng XX,Han W,Fan SJ,Weinreb RN

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The objective was to assess the long-term economic consequences of the medical management of glaucoma in the UK. METHODS:The economic evaluation was conducted using the results from a 10-year Markov model based around 3 key triggers for a switch in medical therapy for glaucoma, namely: lack of tolerance (using...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Orme M,Collins S,Loftus J

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the efficacy and safety of inferior 180 degrees goniosynechialysis followed by diode laser peripheral iridoplasty in the treatment of chronic angle-closure glaucoma with total synechial angle closure. METHODS:Five patients with chronic angle-closure glaucoma and total synechial angle closure whose in...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Lai JS,Tham CC,Chua JK,Lam DS

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to examine the long-term efficacy and safety of dorzolamide (a topical carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, previously known as MK-507) as an ocular hypotensive agent. METHODS:This open-labeled, multicenter, 52-week trial enrolled patients with primary open-angle glaucoma or ocular hyper...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： MK-507 Clinical Study Group.

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Dietary deficiencies in ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are known to effect retinal function including retinal ganglion cell (RGC) activity, which may have implications for glaucoma. In this study we consider retinal function after dietary manipulation and intraocular pressure (IOP) stress designed to compromise RG...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Nguyen CT,Vingrys AJ,Bui BV

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00