The study was conducted on 18 mixed-breed dogs, aged 2.5 to 10 years. All patients were diagnosed with immunemediated keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) during an ophthalmological examination. A total of 33 corneas and conjunctivae were affected by the disease. Based on the results of Schirmer’s test (STT), the patients were divided into three equal groups. In group I, the STT score was within th...

PURPOSE To report the outcomes of two different surgical techniques for the repair of late onset bleb leakage following trabeculectomy. METHODS This retrospective study includes 21 eyes of 20 patients with prior trabeculectomy and late-onset bleb leaks; 14 eyes underwent excision of the filtering bleb together with conjunctival advancement while in the other 7 eyes the bleb was retained but d...

Introduction. Late-onset bleb leaks occur more frequently after the use of adjunctive antimetabolites and require surgical management to seal and preserve filtrating bleb. Case Presentation. A 48-year-old female presented with decreased visual acuity for five days in her left eye. She had a left penetrating keratoplasty one year earlier and two trabeculectomies 7 years earlier. Visual acuity wa...

The use of antimetabolites in filtration surgery, cystic, large, leaking blebs often lead to complications. We report a case of glaucoma that received amniotic membrane transplantation for repairing the exuberant bleb. This female patient had a history of several eye surgeries, including a scleral buckle and cyclocryotherapy for one eye and the other received filtering surgery. The latter had b...

PURPOSE To compare external levator advancement and Müller's muscle-conjunctival resection (conjunctivomullerectomy, or CJM) for correction of upper eyelid involutional ptosis. DESIGN Retrospective, nonrandomized, comparative interventional case series. METHODS Review of medical records of 159 patients (272 surgical procedures) who underwent external levator advancement or CJM was performed...

RESECTION and advancement of the levator palpebrae superioris gives the best functional and cosmetic result of any ptosis operation. As a rule, operation on the levator is indicated if there is a degree of function in this muscle. Myasthenia gravis, the myopathies, jaw-winking, and related anomalies of innervation are the exceptions to this rule. Bowman was perhaps the first to attempt correcti...