uncontrolled hypertension is well- known to give rise to systemic complications involving multiple central organs. artherosclerosis leads to damage of the retinal vessels wall, contributing to venous stasis, thrombosis and finally, occlusion. retinal vein occlusions compromise vision through development of ischaemic maculopathy, macular oedema, and rubeotic glaucoma. laser photocoagulation rema...

OBJECTIVE To determine the proportions of glaucoma subtypes and risk factors for glaucoma in a large Japanese American clinic population. METHODS Medical records of patients of Japanese descent who visited 2 private ophthalmology clinics within the last 10 years were retrospectively reviewed. Glaucoma was diagnosed based on optic nerve findings and presence of visual field defects. Main outco...

PURPOSE To report the pattern of glaucoma among Saudi patients who were presented to King Abdul Aziz University Hospital (KAUH). METHODS All glaucoma or glaucoma suspect patients who were presented to KAUH from 2006 to 2008 were included; medical files of all patients were retrieved and evaluated through standardized international guidelines. Collected data included: age, sex, laterality, int...

Purpose: The goal of this retrospective study was to evaluate how long, on average, after a 360 trabeculotomy procedure secondary surgery needed for patients with congenital and glaucoma.
 Methods: IRB approval received from the Indiana University School Medicine access digital patient charts Riley Children’s Hospital’s department ophthalmology. Kruska-Wallis test utilized average number d...

purpose: to evaluate the effect of early aqueous suppressants initiation on ahmed glaucoma valve success rate. methods: in this randomized clinical trial, a total of 94 eyes of 94 patients with refractory glaucoma were enrolled. the eyes were randomly selected into 2 groups. in group 1 (n=47), patients received early topical combination of timolol-dorzolamide twice daily after ahmed glaucoma va...

Background: Glaucoma is a large group of eye diseases characterized by constant or periodic increase in intraocular pressure followed the development typical visual field defects, decreased acuity and atrophy optic nerve. affects about 3 % population cause blindness 15 blind all over world. The study mechanisms glaucoma indicates multifactorial nature this disease role threshold effect its occu...

Background. Glaucoma is one of the most acute medical and social problems that cause enormous economic damage to society. Secondary glaucoma result complications such eye diseases as inflammation choroid eye, retinal vascular thrombosis. The purpose was determine effect Briroza Rozacom on condition visual analyzer in patients with secondary glaucoma. Material methods. study involved 58 (58 eyes...

Glaucoma is a common eye disease that damages an optic nerve due to abnormally high pressure inside the eye. can cause visual impairments and eventually lead blindness. There no appropriate treatment prevent blindness when damaged. Therefore, early diagnosis important vision loss from glaucoma. An automated framework for glaucoma screening fundus images advantageous. It facilitate ophthalmologi...

Core Concepts • As the population grows and life expectancy increases, so do the numbers of glaucoma patients and thus the glaucoma burden increases. • expenditures related to glaucoma care increase with the severity of the disease. • From population-based studies, 50–80% of glaucoma patients are not aware of their disease. • Quality of life in glaucoma is affected earlier than previously thoug...