PURPOSE To assess long-term efficacy and safety of deep sclerectomy (DS) in uveitic glaucoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty-three consecutive eyes (21 patients) with uveitic glaucoma underwent DS with mitomycin C and implant. Goniopuncture (GP) was done for uncontrolled postoperative intraocular pressure (IOP). RESULTS Mean (± SD) follow-up was 33.2 (± 19.8) months. IOP was reduced from a mea...

PURPOSE To report cases of acute globe rupture and bilateral corneal burns from electronic cigarette (EC) explosions. METHODS Case series. RESULTS We describe a series of patients with corneal injury caused by EC explosions. Both patients suffered bilateral corneal burns and decreased visual acuity, and one patient sustained a unilateral corneoscleral laceration with prolapsed iris tissue a...

This paper aimed to assess the outcome of primary trabeculectomy for congenital glaucoma and to compare it with a combined trabeculotomy-trabeculectomy procedure. The combined procedure was assessed using a prospective trial for children with primary glaucoma under the age of 1 year (n = 16). The primary trabeculectomy was assessed retrospectively using similar patients treated at the same hosp...

A retrospective study was made of 314 consecutive cases of traumatic hyphaema in a mixed urban and rural Scottish population. Secondary haemorrhage occurred in 4.1% of cases and was not associated with a worsening of final visual acuity. There were no identifiable risk factors for secondary haemorrhage. Poor visual outcome was in most cases attributable to retinal pathology. The use of antifibr...

AIMS To investigate the current causes and outcomes of paediatric ocular trauma. METHODS A prospective observational study of all children admitted to hospital with ocular trauma in Scotland over a 1 year period. RESULTS The commonest mechanism of injury was blunt trauma, accounting for 65% of the total. 60% of the patients were admitted with a hyphaema. Injuries necessitating admission occ...

In a 2-year prospective study of 76 patients with traumatic hyphaema seen at the Ahmadu Bello University Hospital, Kaduna, 75% were under 20 years of age. A low male to female ratio of 3 to 1 relative to other reports was noted. Hyphaema occurred in the left eye 1.6 times more often than in the right eye. Thrown objects, such as sticks and stones, caused hyphaema in the largest number of patien...

Thirty-five patients with traumatic hyphaema were studied. One group of 18 was treated routinely and the other group of 17 was treated additionally with cyklokapron (tranexamic acid) orally. Patients with other serious ocular injuries were excluded. The incidenceofsecondary haemorrhage, speed of recovery and the final visual acuity were noted. It was found that the majority of patients treated ...

Intra-operative complications Posterior capsule rupture 2.9% 4.5% Zonular dialysis 1.1% 1.6% Iridodialysis 0.9% 0.7% Poor tunnel construction (premature entry, leak) 0.7% 1.5% Descemet’s stripping 0.5% 0.7% 1st day post-operative complications Residual lens cortex 3.0% 3.0% Decentred IOL 0.5% 1.3% Corneal oedema, Descemet’s folds 3.6% 6.0% Hyphaema 0.5% 1.0% Table 2: Intraand 1 Day Post-operati...

drome. We speculate that the unilateral episodes of elevated intraocular pressure were due to the recurrent hyphemas and not to the pigment dispersion. Some iris melanomas can also be highly vascular and simulate a hemangioma. However, the diagnosis of cavernous hemangioma should be suspected when the entire lesion is composed of large venous channels without a solid melanocytic component.

Sixty cases of traumatic hyphaema due to non-perforating injury were admitted during a 3-year period ending in June, I971. Eight patients were not available for out-patient observation and this study deals with the remaining 52 cases. The majority of patients were admitted to hospital and confined to bed except for toilet facilities. All were examined by indirect ophthalmoscopy whilst in the wa...