The efficacy and safety of a combined operation for cataract and glaucoma is established. This procedure of combined cataract extraction and trabeculectomy is taken one step further by the simultaneous insertion of the Severin intraocular posterior chamber lens implant. The results of treating 24 eyes in terms of control of glaucoma are discussed. Postoperative miotics may be required to improv...

We present the case of successful repair of an exposed glaucoma drainage tube by cornea graft fixation with tissue adhesive, and without subsequent coverage by adjacent conjunctiva or donor tissues. Patient with history of keratoglobus with thin cornea and sclera, and phthisical contralateral eye, underwent three unsuccessful corneal grafts followed by Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis in the righ...

background: the celebrated generalized estimating equations (gee) approach is often used in longitudinal data analysis. while this method behaves robustly against misspecification of the working correlation structure, it has some limitations on efficacy of estimators, goodness-of-fit tests and model selection criteria. the quadratic inference functions (qif) is a new statistical methodology tha...

BACKGROUND To report the results of the repair of conjunctival erosions resulting from glaucoma drainage device surgery using collagen-glycosaminoglycane matrices (CGM). METHODS Case series of 8 patients who underwent revision surgery due to conjunctival defects with exposed tubes through necrosis of the overlying scleral flap and conjunctiva after Baerveldt drainage device surgery. The defec...

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect two antiglaucoma procedures, namely trabeculectomy and Ex-PRESS mini-shunt insertion on biomechanical properties cornea. This a prospective study. Thirty patients (30 eyes) were included in Nineteen eyes had an shunt inserted (Group 1) 11 2). examination time points for both groups one three weeks preoperatively at month 1, 6, 12 postoperativel...

Purpose:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of transscleral cyclophotocoagulation (TSCPC) in patients requiring additional intraocular pressure reduction following Baerveldt glaucoma implant (BGI) surgery. Methods: Twenty eyes that underwent TSCPC with the red (810nm) diode laser between April 2005 and January 2010 were retrospectively reviewed. All patients had previously undergone placement o...

Glaucoma still represents the most frequent cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. The technological advances lead to innovative surgeries, which are rapidly introduced in clinical practice. New devices to lower intraocular pressure without opening the eye wall, bypassing the trabecular mesh-work, or shunting the aqueous humor to the suprachoroidal space have been approved undergoing clinic...

BACKGROUND Paediatric aphakic glaucoma presents months or years after cataract surgery in children and is a major long term complication. The results of surgical treatment are poor and many children require multiple and repeat procedures with poor visual outcomes. METHODS 13 children (19 eyes) had Ahmed valve implantation surgery, nine of the children had previous procedures such as cycloabla...