Clinical Management of Malignant Glaucoma

Malignant glaucoma and its management.

Malignant glaucoma continues to present a diYcult clinical challenge to the ophthalmologist. This probably reflects the fact that the exact mechanism behind its aetiology is still not clearly understood. This perspective presents an update on the management of malignant glaucoma in light of the results obtained at Moorfields Eye Hospital during the past 3 years and on reviewing the recent liter...

Glaucoma Surgery in Pregnancy: A Case Series and Literature Review

AbstractGlaucoma management in pregnant patients is a real challenge, especially when the glaucoma is not controlled with medications. We report the results of 6 incisional glaucoma surgeries for the management of medically uncontrolled glaucoma patients during pregnancy. This retrospective, case series was conducted on the 6 eyes of 3pregnant patients with uncontrolled glaucoma using maximum t...

Helicobacter pylori Eradication in the Management of Glaucoma

Stem ‍Cells in Glaucoma Management

Glaucoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide. Despite tremendous advances in medical and surgical management of glaucoma in the recent years, the prevalence of glaucoma related blindness is anticipated to increase in the future decades because of the aging population. Stem cells have the potential to change the glaucoma management in several ways. There are several areas of ...

Optical coherence tomography in malignant glaucoma following filtration surgery.

AIM To assess the value of slit lamp adapted optical coherence tomography (OCT) for the management of malignant glaucoma following filtration surgery. METHODS Two patients (three eyes) developed malignant glaucoma following filtration surgery for primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). With slit lamp adapted OCT it was possible to image non-invasively the anterior chamber angle structures during ...