Purpose. We describe a modified trabeculectomy technique in which the iris is used to prevent fibrosis of the scleral flap. Material and Methods. A retrospective case series of patients with medically uncontrolled open angle glaucoma underwent trabeculectomy. Instead of performing a classical iridectomy, the iris was used as spacer underneath the scleral flap. Postoperative management was ident...

CRYOEXTRACTION has been established as a safe, indeed the safest, method of removing the cataractous lens. Numerous instruments have been designed for this purpose. Certain problems tend to present during this operation, in spite of careful attention to the preparation: (a) Even when the pupil is widely dilated at the start of the operation, it tends to become smaller during the opening of the ...

INTRODUCTION There are various reasons for the lens dislocation. Spontaneous dislocation of a clear lens is extremely rare, especially its dislocation to the anterior chamber. CASE OUTLINE The author presents a case of spontaneous clear lens dislocation to the anterior chamber in both eyes in a patient without the history of any trauma. Dislocation occurred spontaneously, first in the left ey...

PURPOSE To report the role of Healon5 injection combined with medications in patient with malignant glaucoma after trabeculectomy with unplanned zonulectomy. METHODS Two days after trabeculectomy with unplanned zonulectomy for neovascular glaucoma in an eye with diabetic retinopathy, a patient developed malignant glaucoma due to the ciliovitreal block caused by the vitreous herniation through...

BACKGROUND Previous reports have indicated the role of endothelium disturbances, as expressed by von Willebrand factor (vWF) release, in pathophysiology of glaucoma. The objective of this study was to investigate the vWF expression in iris vasculature of patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). MATERIAL AND METHODS Immunohistochemistry of vWF expression was performed on cryostat sect...

BACKGROUND This study evaluated the anterior ocular segment in a pseudophakic eye with angle closure due to a plateau-like iris associated with Soemmering's ring, using ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) and anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT). CASE PRESENTATION A 60-year-old woman was referred from a local clinic due to sudden-onset ocular pain and uncontrolled intraocular pre...

INTRODUCTION In the absence of capsular support, anterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL), iris fixated IOL and sutured scleral fixated intraocular lens (SFIOL) implantation have been performed for many years. Recently sutureless glued SFIOL have been used as a primary or secondary procedure to correct aphakia. In this study we have used sutureless and glueless technique of SFIOL implantation. ...

Count Sir Luigi Preziosi (1888-1965) was a famous ophthalmologist from the island Republic of Malta. He received his ophthalmic training in Rome and the United Kingdom. He practiced ophthalmology in Malta for 45 years and was a professor at the University of Malta. Like many physicians in Malta, he was active in the politics and governance of his country, serving as president of the Senate, pre...

Fivecasesofpseudophakicmalignant glaucoma were successfully treated with a single session of contact transscleralcyclophotocoagulation(CTCP) withdiodelaser(twenty4-Jspotsover 360°,1.5mmposterior to the limbus) after failureofNd:YAGlaserhyaloidotomy and vitreolysis. All patients except for case 2 had a preoperative diagnosis of chronic angle-closure glaucoma. At the end of the followup, all the ...