introduction: the term glaucoma refers to a group of diseases that have a characteristic optic neuropathy with associated visual field loss in common. intraocular pressure has been considered to be the only causal factor for glaucoma and the only factor that can be manipulated to alter the course of the disease. but considering high intraocular pressure as the only factor responsible for glauco...

purpose: to compare the outcomes and complications of mitomycin-c (mmc) trabeculectomy and ahmed glaucoma implant (agi) for treatment of aphakic glaucoma following congenital cataract surgery in children £ 16 years of age. methods: in a randomized clinical trial, eligible children were randomly assigned to mmc trabeculectomy or agi. aphakia was due to previous anterior lensectomy and vitrectomy...

glaucoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide. despite tremendous advances in medical and surgical management of glaucoma in the recent years, the prevalence of glaucoma related blindness is anticipated to increase in the future decades because of the aging population. stem cells have the potential to change the glaucoma management in several ways. there are several areas of ...

Aim: To study the prevalence of Glaucoma and its sub types in North costal Andhra Pradesh South India. Results: Among total number 2,98,971 General ophthalmic OPD individuals, 4836 individuals referred to clinic on suspicion glaucoma 4320 patients are confirmed have after doing relevant investigations. 1884 primary open angle (POAG), 1057 Primary Angle closure disease (PACD), 702 suspect or at ...

Glaucoma comprises a group of disorders the optic nerve that cause degenerative neuropathy, characterised by failure neuroretinal rim tissue in head, retinal fibre layer, and ganglion cells. Glaucoma imposes serious epidemiological threat, with an steady increase global number cases. In current ophthalmological practice, glaucoma is diagnosed via series examinations, including routine fu...

This article presents an analysis of the results algorithm management children with refractory glaucoma which included: preparation and carrying out surgical treatment, postoperative period glaucoma. Thetotal number diagnosed was 478. Of them 82.1%, 410 underwent treatment. 30.2% (125 children) needed reoperation. The clinical functional state visual organ in for from 2016 to 2020 are given. in...

purpose: to compare the prevalence of glaucoma among peptic ulcer patients with or without helicobacter pylori infection. methods: among 352 patients with an indication of gasterointestinal endoscopy for peptic problems, 120 patients in 18-88 years of age were included for evaluation of glaucoma. according to the results of histopathologic and urease test, they were divided into two groups: hel...

purpose: to evaluate the effect of early drainage of delayed suprachoroidal hemorrhage (sch) after glaucoma surgery. methods: these study reports seven cases of delayed supra-choroidal hemorrhage following glaucoma surgery managed with early drainage. in this series instead of waiting for 7 to 14 days for clot lysis, the sch was drained from the suprachoroidal space immediately after diagnosis....

Glaucoma is the most common cause of blindness, which significantly reduces quality life. Most glaucoma cases are primary glaucoma; nevertheless, many patients suffer from caused by drugs, such as corticosteroids. A comprehensive review risks associated with corticosteroid-induced limited. Therefore, we used Japanese Adverse Drug Event Reporting Database (JADER) published Pharmaceuticals and Me...

background: glaucomatous neuropathy is a type of cell death due to apoptosis. the p53 gene is one of the regulatory genes of apoptosis. recently, the association between the p53 gene encoding for proline at codon 72 and primary open-angle glaucoma (poag) has been studied in some ethnic groups. this study is the first association analysis of poag and p53 codon 72 polymorphism in iranian patients...