BACKGROUND Glaucoma is an important cause of blindness. OBJECTIVE To report the distribution of various types of glaucoma among patients presenting to a tertiary eye hospital in Nepal. MATERIALS AND METHODS All new patients visiting the hospital between March 2007 and February 2008 underwent a comprehensive eye examination. Whenever glaucoma was suspected, patients were referred to fellowsh...

Inherited missense mutations in the myocilin olfactomedin domain are causative for early-onset glaucoma, via a toxic gain of function. We have elaborated atomic-level details misfolding relevant to glaucoma pathogenesis. Pathogenic olfactomedin-resident mutations, which account 90% all documented disease variants, destabilized and undergo templated amyloid-like aggregation under mild physiologi...

purpose : to compare the intraocular pressure (iop) lowering effect and side effects of xalatan with generic latanoprost (xalabiost) in adults with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension methods : this was a two-center prospective randomized, crossover clinical trial. eligible patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension were sequentially randomized to two parallel study groups ...

Introduction: Cataracts and Glaucoma are the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide. Lens extraction using Phacoemulsification technique can be an effective IOP-lowering treatment for all types glaucoma.
 Objective: To study was to measure Intra-Ocular Pressure before after phacoemulsification determine mean change in Pressure.
 Methodology: This included 53 glaucoma patie...

Glaucoma is a primary cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, it kills the vision silently, having financial burden on society regarding therapy expenses and loss valuable hours day. Objective: To compare choroidal filling time grade status pattern optic nerve head (ONH) perfusion by fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) in glaucoma patients Methods: Patients with various types were enrolled ...

PURPOSE Few studies have provided epidemiological characteristics of childhood glaucoma in a large, multiethnic population. This information is important if we are to better screen for and characterize this specific type of glaucoma. In this study, we evaluate the characteristics of patients with childhood glaucoma, including glaucoma suspects, as identified through the Dallas Glaucoma Registry...

purpose: to evaluate all cases of drug induced angle closure glaucoma cases who presented to feiz hospital, isfahan during 2008-2010. case report: in this retrospective case series, we present 7 cases of drug induced angle closure glaucoma after administration of topiramate. all patients were female. the average age of patients was 33.28 years old (ranging from 19 to 44). with sufficient cornea...

purpose: to compare the efficacy and safety of xalatan(r) with generic latanoprost (xalabiost) in glaucoma. methods: in this randomized crossover study, 17 patients with primary open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension were randomized into 2 groups. group a received xalatan for 6 weeks followed by xalabiost for 10 weeks. group b received xalabiost for 6 weeks which was then crossed over to xa...

BACKGROUND Glaucoma is one of the most leading causes of permanent visual impairments in Korea, and social expenses spent for the glaucoma are increasing. This study is to identify association between socioeconomic status and the visual impairments caused by primary glaucoma in Korea. METHODS This study is based on a cohort study using stratified representative samples in the National Health ...

Objective. The purpose of this study was to examine how patient, physician, and situational factors are associated with the extent to which providers educate patients about glaucoma and glaucoma medications, and which patient and provider characteristics are associated with whether providers educate patients about glaucoma and glaucoma medications. Methods. Patients with glaucoma who were newly...