Quality of life of medically versus surgically treated glaucoma patients.

abstract：PRECIS:Repeated use of the Micropulse P3 (MP3) probe during micropulse transscleral cyclophotocoagulation is associated with an increase in laser output over time. PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to examine the laser efficacy of the MP3 probe following repeated use. METHODS:This was an observational study carri...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Lun K,Suwandono ME,Koh V,Chew PT

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop a descriptive system for a glaucoma-specific preference-based health-related quality of life (HRQoL) instrument: the Health Utility for Glaucoma (HUG-5). METHODS:The descriptive system was developed in 2 stages: item identification and item selection. A systematic literature review of HRQoL assessme...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Muratov S,Podbielski DW,Kennedy K,Jack SM,Pemberton J,Ahmed IIK,Baltaziak M,Xie F

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Pseudoexfoliation (PEX) syndrome, an age-related, systemic, elastic microfibrillopathy, is characterized by fibrillar-granular deposits in the anterior segment of the eye. Although not representing a true amyloidosis, PEX syndrome shares some features with amyloid disorders, such as Alzheimer disease. It has be...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Krumbiegel M,Pasutto F,Mardin CY,Weisschuh N,Paoli D,Gramer E,Weber BH,Kruse FE,Schlötzer-Schrehardt U,Reis A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To compare the retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFLT) parameters obtained with newly introduced GDx with enhanced corneal compensation (ECC) and those with GDx with variable corneal compensation (VCC) and to evaluate their reproducibility and the correspondence with visual field damage (VFD) in total or secto...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Saito H,Tomidokoro A,Yanagisawa M,Aihara M,Tomita G,Araie M

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：PRCIS:Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation using the upside-down technique resulted in an aqueous humor outflow pathway, occurring primarily on the scleral side and secondarily on the conjunctival side, and was effective in treating refractory glaucoma. PURPOSE:To describe the Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) surgical techniqu...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Masuda Y,Saito Y,Oki T,Hayashi T,Takahashi G,Nakano T

更新日期：2021-01-13 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：PURPOSE:To estimate resource use and costs associated with the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma and ocular hypertension in the Netherlands in 1996 and to determine how costs differed between patients, diagnoses, and hospitals. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patient characteristics and glaucoma-related resource use were colle...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Oostenbrink JB,Rutten-van Mölken MP,Sluyter-Opdenoordt TS

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The study investigated the applicability of the inferior≥superior≥nasal≥temporal neuroretinal rim thickness (ISNT) rule to rim thickness measured using Cirrus high-definition spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (Cirrus HD-OCT) in healthy eyes and eyes with glaucoma. METHODS:Rim thicknesses of 4 quadra...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Hwang YH,Kim YY

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the efficacy of CO2 laser-assisted sclerectomy surgery (CLASS) in primary and pseudoexfoliative open-angle glaucoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Patients for primary filtration surgery underwent CLASS with a CO2 laser system (OT-134-IOPtiMate, IOPtima Ltd., Ramat Gan, Israel). This self-controlled system...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Geffen N,Ton Y,Degani J,Assia EI

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The measurement of intraocular pressure (IOP) by Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT) is based on assumptions about corneal parameters. To correct for variations in corneal curvature and thickness, a number of equations have been proposed. This study evaluates the in vivo accuracy of these equations from indivi...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Asejczyk-Widlicka M,Srodka W,Pierscionek BK

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of the study was to compare radial peripapillary capillary (RPC) density between normal subjects and patients with early primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A). MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 24 patients with early POAG and age-matched 52 normal ...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Mansoori T,Sivaswamy J,Gamalapati JS,Balakrishna N

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the outcomes of trabeculectomy with mitomycin-C (MMC) in uveitis associated with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (VKH). METHODS:Retrospective cohort study included 27 eyes of 15 patients with uveitic glaucoma associated with VKH disease who underwent trabeculectomy with MMC as a first glaucoma proc...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Almobarak FA,Alharbi AH,Morales J,Aljadaan I

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The authors identify any diurnal intraocular pressure (IOP) variation in healthy Cayo Santiago macaques, as well as Cayo Santiago macaques with normotensive and hypertensive primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), to further evaluate their potential value as a model for human POAG. METHODS:Twenty-four monkeys (eig...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Komaromy AM,Brooks DE,Kubilis PS,Dawson WW,Sapp HL Jr,Nelson G,Collins BR,Sherwood MB

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a simple method and outcomes of remodeling dysesthetic, oversized filtering blebs. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Retrospective chart review of the initial consecutive patients who had undergone "bleb window"-pexy (BWP) over a 1-year period. Patients with symptomatic, oversized, and dysmorphic blebs that did...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Tabet R,Feldman RM,Bell NP,Lee DA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine intra- and interrater agreement when analyzing cumulative defect curves. Cumulative defect (Bebié) curves provide a graphical representation of the visual field and allow a subjective classification of diffuse and localized loss. METHODS:We used 75 Humphrey 30-2 visual field tests, randomly chosen f...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Chan AB,Chauhan BC,LeBlanc RP,McCormick TA,Shaw AM

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To measure the change in intraocular pressure (IOP) of the fellow eye after glaucoma surgery in 1 eye. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In this prospective interventional study, 71 patients with primary and secondary glaucoma, undergoing glaucoma surgery in 1 eye were included. The IOP in the fellow eye following glaucoma...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Kaushik S,Agarwal A,Kaur S,Lomi N,Raj S,Pandav SS

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the reproducibility of retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness measurements in normal and glaucoma patients using the spectral optical coherence tomography (OCT)/scanning laser ophthalmosope (SLO). METHODS:One experienced operator measured peripapillary RNFL thickness 3 times in succession in 98...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Lee SH,Kim SH,Kim TW,Park KH,Kim DM

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the results of frequency-doubling technology perimetry (FDT), assumed to test the magnocellular visual pathway, and high-pass resolution perimetry (HRP), assumed to test the parvocellular visual pathway, in patients with ocular hypertension or glaucoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Forty-eight consecutive p...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Martin L,Wanger P,Vancea L,Göthlin B

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glaucoma is a progressive optic neuropathy that is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the world. Although methods to lower intraocular pressure are the mainstay of glaucoma therapy, there are currently no available treatment modalities targeted at neuroprotection. Erythropoietin is a hematopoietic cytokine...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Tsai JC,Song BJ,Wu L,Forbes M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the efficacy of CO2 laser-assisted sclerectomy surgery (CLASS) compared with classic nonpenetrating deep sclerectomy (NPDS) with implant in medically uncontrolled glaucoma patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Patients who underwent primary filtration surgery with CO2 laser system at the time interval be...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Greifner G,Roy S,Mermoud A

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：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to investigate the factors that influence the outcome of trabectome surgery. METHODS:This was a retrospective nonrandomized study. Seventy-eight glaucoma patients (86 eyes) who underwent trabectome surgeries and were followed up for more than 12 months were included. We classified ...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Tojo N,Abe S,Hayashi A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the systemic high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) levels in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome (XFS) and pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (XFG). MATERIALS AND METHODS:We prospectively examined 31 patients with XFS, 26 with XFG, and 25 controls. To the study patients with the exclusion of ser...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Yüksel N,Pirhan D,Altintaş O,Cağlar Y

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the association of antihypertensive medications with optic disc structure by blood pressure (BP) level, in nonglaucoma subjects. DESIGN:Cross-sectional, population-based study. METHODS:A subset of Thessaloniki Eye Study participants was included in this study. Subjects were interviewed for medi...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Harris A,Topouzis F,Wilson MR,Founti P,Kheradiya NS,Anastasopoulos E,Gong G,Yu F,Jonescu-Cuypers CP,Pappas T,Koskosas A,Coleman AL

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We present a case of persistent aqueous misdirection, after Ahmed glaucoma valve surgery, despite undergoing an anterior vitrectomy with hyaloido-zonulectomy and iridectomy. CASE REPORT:A 73-year-old female patient, 4 months after phacotrabeculectomy, was referred with persistent high intraocular pressure...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Mardelli PG,Mardelli ME

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate and compare outcomes of eyes that underwent laser suture lysis (LSL) after initial trabeculectomy with mitomycin C (MMC) to those that did not require such an intervention. METHODS:We reviewed the charts of consecutive patients with open-angle glaucoma who underwent initial trabeculectomy with mito...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Ralli M,Nouri-Mahdavi K,Caprioli J

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To correlate Humphrey visual field mean sensitivity and peripapillary nerve fiber layer thickness as measured by scanning laser polarimetry. METHODS:The authors studied 54 eyes of 34 patients who visited a university-based glaucoma clinic and had undergone scanning laser polarimetry and Humphrey perimetry with...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Kwon YH,Hong S,Honkanen RA,Alward WL

更新日期：2000-08-01 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 purpose of this study was to determine the proportion of patients in the US population who are receiving long-term intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering medication, but, deny having a diagnosis of glaucoma or elevated IOP. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is...

journal_title：Journal of glaucoma

authors： Lowry EA,Mansberger SL

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00