Lateral canthotomy and cantholysis is a simple procedure that can be performed by emergency physicians. It has the potential to save vision, particularly in cases of blunt ocular trauma. The case of a 37-year-old man with blunt ocular trauma, a retrobulbar hemorrhage and rapidly increasing orbital pressure requiring an urgent lateral canthotomy and cantholysis is presented. Pathophysiology, ind...

Traumatic duodenal rupture resulting from blunt trauma during soccer is an extremely rare occurrence. A case report of this unusual condition is presented together with a review of the literature.

B LEBS. SHALLOW CHAMBERS. Bleb leaks. Flat chambers. Dellen. Blebitis. No bleb. Late failure. Hypotony. Choroidal effusions. Maculopathy. Is there a better way? If the problem is in the meshwork, why do we cut a hole in the eye? Viscocanalostomy and deep sclerectomy are surgical procedures for glaucoma that have been designed to avoid some of the complications of conventional glaucoma surgery. ...

PURPOSE To review the result of nonpenetrating deep sclerectomy (NPDS) combined with phacoemulsification in the treatment of chronic angle-closure glaucoma (CACG) with coexisting cataract. METHODS This is a retrospective review of 29 eyes of 26 patients who had undergone combined NPDS and phacoemulsification for cataract and CACG between January 2001 and June 2003. The visual acuity, intraocu...

Abscisic acid (ABA) accumulated in detached, wilted leaves of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L. cv Savoy Hybrid 612) and reached a maximum level within 3 to 4 hours. The increase in ABA over that found in detached turgid leaves was approximately 10-fold. The effects of water stress could be mimicked by the use of thin slices of spinach leaves incubated in the presence of 0.6 molar mannitol, a compo...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering effects achieved by nonpenetrating glaucoma surgery (NPGS) and its modifications in patients with open angle glaucoma. MATERIAL/METHODS Randomized controlled trials evaluating patients with primary and secondary open angle glaucoma treated with NPGS were identified through systematic searches. The main outcome measures were the pe...

Histologic, experimental, and theoretical studies of the aqueous outflow pathways point toward the juxtacanalicular region and inner wall of Schlemm's canal as the likely site of aqueous outflow resistance in the normal eye. At least 50% of the aqueous outflow resistance in the normal eye and the bulk of the pathologically increased resistance in the glaucomatous eye resides in the trabecular m...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of nonpenetrating deep sclerectomy (NPDS) in 3 consecutive eyes with preexisting and uncontrolled glaucoma after Descemet stripping with automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK).NPDS with intrascleral implant and topical adjunctive intraoperative mitomycin C (0.2 mg/mL 1 minute) was performed.Intraocular pressure (IOP) and numb...

It is well known that joints or fissures have an important effect on the failure mechanism of natural rocks. Previously, many numerical and experimental papers been carried out to study strength anisotropy characteristics jointed However, few studies nonpersistent rock masses with different persistence, especially for in three dimensions. In present study, a 3D mass inclinations (θ) persistence...