V ancomycin-sensitive enterococcal acute endophthalmitis has been reported following cataract extraction, penetrating keratoplasty, trabeculectomy, and pupilloplasty. However, vancomycinresistant enterococcal (VRE) endophthalmitis has been described in only 3 patients to date: an immunocompromised, hospitalized patient with underlying bacteremia, an immunocompetent patient following keratoplast...

Fifteen patients were treated with simultaneous pterygium and intraocular surgery. Eleven of them had pterygium excision with cataract extraction, while four had pterygium excision with trabeculectomy. There was no evidence of increased risk of pterygium recurrence or of complications following cataract operation or trabeculectomy as a result of the combined procedure. In an environment where p...

Purpose In this report we record the first surgically induced Necrotizing Scleritis case related to trabeculectomy with the use of Ologen Collagen Matrix Implant. Observations Surgically induced Necrotizing Scleritis is a rare pathological entity that complicates ocular (sclera) surgery. Conclusions and importance Prompt management of surgically induced Necrotizing Scleritis related to trab...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to report the treatment and outcome of eight cases of choroidal detachment, which occurred several days to many years after trabeculectomy. METHODS This is a retrospective study of eight cases of choroidal detachment after trabeculectomy with or without cataract extraction reviewed at CGMH, Keelung, from 2002 to 2004. One eye with idiopathic scleromalac...

OBJECTIVE To compare the short-term and long-term efficacy of using releasable sutures vs conventional interrupted sutures for scleral flap suturing in trabeculectomy. DESIGN A prospective randomized study. SETTING A university-affiliated referral eye hospital. PATIENTS Thirty consecutive patients requiring trabeculectomy for uncontrolled primary glaucoma. INTERVENTION Fifteen patients ...

PURPOSE To prospectively evaluate the effect of 1.25 mg and 2.5 mg intracameral bevacizumab on surgical outcomes of trabeculectomy for neovascular glaucoma (NVG), with primary outcome measures being the regression of neovascularization of iris (NVI) and reduction of intraocular pressure (IOP). METHODS Consecutive patients with neovascular glaucoma from December 2006 to March 2007 were randomi...

Use of topical steroids is an important component of postoperative care after filtration surgery. Efficacy of postoperative medications is affected by patient adherence and physical limitations in the elderly population often prohibit proper dosing of ophthalmic drops. We describe a technique for the use of intraoperative retrobulbar triamcinolone acetonide in trabeculectomy surgery and report ...

Filtering procedures for glaucoma in Africans are considered to be failures owing to their propensity for increased fibrosis. However, favourable results from trabeculectomy in African patients with glaucoma are reported. Most of these are from such modifications of technique as non-suturing of flaps, sclerectomy, posterior lip cautery, or administration of high doses of steroids. In this study...