AIMS Patients' knowledge and participation in their care are important in prevention of blindness from common eye diseases such as cataract, glaucoma, and age related macular degeneration (AMD). The aim of this study was to measure knowledge of these conditions in the Hong Kong Chinese population. METHODS Subjects aged 40 and above in the Shatin district of Hong Kong were randomly selected as...

Prior glaucoma severity staging systems were mostly concerned with visual field function and retinal nerve fiber layer, but did not include intraocular pressure or medications to capture resistance to treatment. We recently introduced a simple index that combines pressure, medications, and visual field damage and applied it to stratify outcomes of trabectome surgery. In the analysis presented h...

Prior glaucoma severity staging systems were mostly concerned with visual field function and retinal nerve fiber layer, but did not include intraocular pressure or medications to capture resistance to treatment. We recently introduced a simple index that combines pressure, medications, and visual field damage and applied it to stratify outcomes of trabectome surgery. In the analysis presented h...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the analgesic effect as well as patient cooperation and satisfaction with sub-tenon's anesthesia in glaucoma surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS Prospective uncontrolled study. Fifty-three patients who underwent glaucoma surgery, with or without cataract extraction, with sub-Tenon's anesthesia have been studied. Satisfaction and cooperation were evaluated on a qualitative sca...

Phacomorphic glaucoma is defined as secondary angle-closure glaucoma due to an increase in lens thickness and is characterized by a sudden rise in IOP which can compromise the function of the optic nerve and may lead to irreversible visual loss if not treated in time. This increase in lens thickness can be due to an advanced cataract, a rapidly intumescent lens, or a traumatic cataract, eventua...

Purpose. Determination of partial posterior vitrectomy (PPV) in the proposed modification for treatment of malignant glaucoma. Methods. The prospective, consecutive, single-center case series study involved patients in whom symptoms of malignant glaucoma occurred after combined cataract and glaucoma surgery or after glaucoma surgery in pseudophakic eye. When medical and laser treatment were not...

We report the case of a 75-year-old woman who developed an acute bilateral angle-closure associated with choroidal effusion a day after an uneventful cataract surgery. The same patient had undergone a similarly uneventful cataract surgery two weeks before, under the same protocol, with no postoperative complication in the other eye. Medical treatment, including the use of oral sulfamide-related...