PURPOSE To report a case of conjunctival microangiopathy secondary to diabetes presenting as a red eye 5 years after glaucoma implant surgery for neovascular glaucoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 52-year-old Tongan male with a past history of neovascular glaucoma secondary to proliferative diabetic retinopathy underwent slitlamp examination and color photography of the anterior and posterior segm...

PURPOSE To compare the surgical outcomes of the two different methods used for Ahmed Glaucoma Valve (AGV) implantation between the donor scleral graft method and the partial-thickness scleral flap method. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed medical records of 28 eyes of 26 patients diagnosed as neovascular glaucoma followed by AGV implantation. Based on the surgical method, the included eyes ...

Progressive ocular complications of diabetes mellitus (DM) result by the chronic exposure to high blood levels of glucose. Diabetic macular edema (DME) is the most common complication, and the cause of moderate to severe visual loss in diabetic patients. Furthermore, DM is the major etiologic factor for neovascular glaucoma (NVG) [1]. The association of iris and angle neovessels (NVs) with DM b...

High myopia is a common ametropia associated with significant risk of multiple comorbidities. Decreased visual functions myopic patients may be caused by non-specific diseases such as cataracts, glaucoma and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, which are very likely in myopia. Yet especially important the specific changes atrophic, traction neovascular manifestations pathological myopia, totality...

RATIONALE Neovascular glaucoma (NVG) is one of the most refractory types of glaucoma caused by high ischemic retinal disorders, resulting in severe visual loss. Intravitreal injections of ranibizumab have been reported to have anatomical and functional success in treating NVG. PATIENT CONCERNS-DIAGNOSES-INTERVENTIONS We report a case with neovascular glaucoma due to central retinal vein occlu...

Intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide (IVTA) has gained widespread use in the treatment of a variety of neovascular and inflammatory intraocular conditions, including proliferative diabetic retinopathy, chronic cystoid macular edema, and chronic uveitis. Intraocular pressure (IOP) greater than 21 mm Hg occurs in approximately 42% of eyes following IVTA. Most of these patients are su...

PURPOSE To establish the efficacy and safety of intravitreal bevacizumab in reducing iris and anterior chamber angle neovascularization and managing neovascular glaucoma. DESIGN Prospective interventional case series. PATIENT AND METHODS Eleven eyes of 11 patients with iris and anterior chamber angle neovascularization with refractory intraocular pressure were treated with intravitreal inje...

AIMS To assess the risk profile for the failure of trabeculectomies in a large group of patients who were selected to be operated on without the use of antimetabolites. This was done in an effort to find subgroups of patients who may not need antimetabolites for primary procedures. METHODS Consecutive patients scheduled for routine trabeculectomies were operated during a 4 year period and wer...