PERSONS who present ocular hypertension following iritis, traumatism or tumour may have hard eyes and increased intraocular tension without necessarily being glaucomatous. While certain cases of this kind may be benefited by decompressive treatment, it is necessary to distinguish such conditions from true glaucoma and to define the signs of this affection, which illuminate its pathogeny and thu...

Purpose The aim of this study was twofold: first, to evaluate the predisposing factors for occurrence of malignant glaucoma and second, to compare frequency of malignant glaucoma depending on the type of primary glaucoma surgery. Methods Retrospective analysis was performed in 1689 consecutive patients who underwent glaucoma surgery alone or combined with phacoemulsification. Data collected i...

Glaucoma can have profound consequences on vision. Although diabetes and hypertension been suggested as risk factors for glaucoma, their relevance in epidemiological studies remains controversial. Accordingly, we investigated whether hypertension, well such age sex, affected the of glaucoma. From May 30, 2022, to June 24, 1152 patients were selected from a national hospital (Seoul, Korea) analy...

Purpose: To find out the outcomes of Ahmed Glaucoma Valve (AGV) implantation in a tertiary care hospital.
 Study Design: Retrospective case series.
 Place and Duration Study: Shifa International Hospital Islamabad from January 2018 to July 2020.
 Methods: This retrospective series 19 eyes 17 patients with refractory glaucoma included who underwent AGV follow-up period 6 months 01...

Objective. The objectives of the study were to (a) describe various factors potentially related to objectively measured adherence to glaucoma medications and self-reported glaucoma medication adherence self-efficacy and (b) examine the relationship between patient race, the number of patient reported-problems, and adherence in taking their glaucoma medication. This was a cross-sectional study c...

Drug-induced angle-closure glaucoma is an emergency associated with potentially vision threatening side effects. There are various classes of drugs which induce acute glaucoma. Topiramate oral sulfa-based drug used for seizure, migraine, and neuropathic pain. published case reports topiramate-induced can mimic We present a 32-year-old female who developed bilateral secondary to topiramate.

The rate of visual field progression is an essential factor in determining risk disability or blindness glaucoma patients. Knowledge the a particular patient, combination with estimation their longevity and other clinical factors, allows clinicians to optimize management by providing appropriately aggressive treatment. Despite decades research on treatment glaucoma, natural history glaucomatous...

objective: pseudoexfoliation syndrome (pex) leads to some problems in the eye surgery specially cataract surgery. as the prevalence of eye problems is high in diabetic patients, we meant to assess the prevalence of pex in diabetic patients. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, 400 type 2 diabetic patients aged 50 or above who referred to yazd diabetes research center were selec...

purpose: to evaluate the success rate and complications of single-plate molteno tube implantation in patients with intractable glaucoma. methods: this study was conducted on records of patients who underwent molteno tube implantation from 1995 to 2000 and had at least 18 months of follow-up. results: thirty six eyes of 35 patients including 20 male and 15 female subjects with mean age of 29.7±2...

purpose: to evaluate the effect of phacoemulsification and posterior chamber intraocular lens (pciol) implantation on intraocular pressure (iop) in eyes with chronic angle-closure glaucoma. methods: twenty-two patients with chronic angle-closure glaucoma (cacg) and visually significant cataract were included in our study. all were underwent phacoemulsification and pciol implantation. iop, depth...