purpose: to determine the incidence and risk factors associated with glaucoma following congenital cataract surgery (ccs) in children under age of 15 methods: this prospective cohort (since 2006) consisted of children less than 15 years of age who underwent cataract surgery with or without intraocular lens (iol) implantation. the role of the following factors on the development of glaucoma afte...

Background: Uveitis is the inflammation of uveal components eye (iris, choroid and retina) third leading cause blindness in world. It less common children than adults. Young are usually diagnosed late, as they cannot express their complaints. Objectives: With this work; We aimed to contribute literature by determining underlying primary diagnosis evaluating treatment response patients who were ...

introduction: glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness throughout the world. some studies have suggested a relationship between glaucoma and sensorineural hearing loss, while others have found no evidence of an association. we performed a study to determine whether there is a significant difference in hearing of patients with glaucoma and a match control population. methods: in this c...

glaucoma is a major cause of blindness worldwide. a single nucleotide polymorphism of the mthfr gene (c677t) has been associated with susceptibility to this disease, although this is controversial in the last decade. in this study, the possible association between the mthfr c677t polymorphism and the risk of developing primary open angle (poag) and pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (pexg) was investig...

purpose : to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pars plana ahmed valve implant combined with pars plana vitrectomy and endolaser photocoagulation for the treatment of neovascular glaucoma in patients with vitreous hemorrhage. methods : retrospectively, we evaluated the records of 18 eyes of 17 consecutive neovascular glaucoma patients who had undergone pars plana vitrectomy and pars plana ahme...

Objetivo: Analisar as características do Glaucoma. Revisão bibliográfica: O glaucoma é um grupo de doenças cuja característica comum a degeneração progressiva nervo óptico, com perda células ganglionares da retina, afinamento camada fibras nervosas retina e aumento escavação disco óptico. Os sintomas visuais costumam ser uma tardia glaucoma, quando doença já está muito avançada. Dentre os muito...