PURPOSE . To assess the prognostic significance of LAF coefficient (Lens thickness/Axial length factor) as a risk factor for acute glaucoma attack in anatomically short eyes Europeans. METHODS. Group 1 consisted 24 patients (48 eyes) with axial hyperopia. 2 included primary closure anterior chamber angle. 3 — 17 (34 initial stage angleclosure glaucoma. 4 35 (35 an The studied groups did not dif...

Purpose. To estimate the prevalence of glaucoma and costs associated with glaucoma care in South Korea between 2008 and 2013 using the Korean national claims database. Design. Retrospective cross-sectional study from a national claims database. Methods. Patients who were diagnosed with glaucoma between 2008 and 2013 were retrospectively identified in the national claims database using glaucoma ...

PURPOSE To evaluate in different types of glaucoma frequency of family history of glaucoma (FHG), age at diagnosis, glaucoma risk in relatives, and acceptance rate of genetic glaucoma tests. To assess stage of visual field loss (VFL) in relation to FHG. METHODS Using standardized questions whether an ophthalmologist had found or excluded glaucoma or ocular hypertension (OH), 2170 patients wit...

This article aims to provide a concise overview of the existing literature on Sturge-Weber syndrome in infants. comprehensive review presents key information regarding prevalence, clinical characteristics, diagnostic methods, and available treatments based recent global research. is rare congenital neurocutaneous disorder, affecting approximately 1 20,000 50,000 new-born, caused by somatic muta...

Program Number: 3679 Poster Board Number: B0022 Presentation Time: 3:45 PM–5:30 PM Patient Knowledge Regarding Genetics As A Risk Factor For Glaucoma Elizabeth Esparaz, Manishi Desai. Ophthalmology, Boston University Medical Center, Cambridge, MA. Purpose: Genetics has been identified as a key risk factor in the development of glaucoma, and screening of family members is paramount to early dete...

BACKGROUND Glaucoma involves progressive optic nerve fibre loss, subsequently leading to irreversible and disabling visual field defects. In Europe, the prevalence of glaucoma is approximately 2.2 % of all people aged over 40 years; this equates to 12 million people. Glaucoma patients require regular lifelong follow-up, contributing to a large financial and resource burden for the National Heal...

purpose: to compare the tono-pen and schiotz tonometers in measurement of intraocular pressure (iop) in patients with primary congenital glaucoma. methods: this study was conducted on 38 eyes of 20 patients with primary congenital glaucoma. all measurements were performed under general anesthesia. one minute after receiving halothane 3% iop was determined by tono-pen and then by schiotz tonomet...

PURPOSE To analyze the cost and detection rate of a screening program for detecting glaucoma with imaging devices. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, a glaucoma screening program was applied in a population-based sample randomly selected from a population of 23,527. Screening targeted the population at risk of glaucoma. Examinations included optic disk tomography (Heidelberg...

PURPOSE To determine the incidence and contribution of different types of glaucoma to blindness at Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, a suburban tertiary care hospital in Edo State, Nigeria. METHODS Medical records of all new patients with glaucoma who presented to the eye clinic of the hospital from June 2007 to May 2009 were reviewed. RESULTS Out of a total of 2,742 new patients seen ove...

This study involved a group of 407 patients (799 eyes) with pigment dispersion syndrome gathered from a glaucoma population of 9200 patients. The sex distribution was equal. The majority (65 Y.) of patients were myopic. The incidence of retinal detachment was 6-4 %. No patients were black, but 5 were mulatto. Approximately one-quarter of the patients with pigment dispersion syndrome (31 % of th...