BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the pars plana Ahmed glaucoma valve (New World Medical, Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, CA) implant combined with pars plana vitrectomy and panretinal photocoagulation for the management of neovascular glaucoma in patients with vitreous hemorrhage. PATIENTS AND METHODS The records of 18 eyes of 17 consecutive patients with neovascular gl...

CASE REPORT We report the case of a 29-year-old man who underwent Ahmed valve implantation in both eyes as treatment for uveitic glaucoma, subsequently presenting with bilateral ocular decompression retinopathy in the postoperative period. DISCUSSION Ocular decompression retinopathy is a rare complication of filtering surgery in patients with glaucoma; however, the course is benign in most ca...

AMA Cywiński A. Surgery of refractory glaucoma using Ahmed valve implantation, mainly in own modification their implantation A six years experiences including description some cases. Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica. 2023;125(2):95-104. doi:10.5114/ko.2023.127860. APA Cywiński, (2023). Polonica, 125(2), 95-104. https://doi.org/10.5114/ko.2023.127860 Chicago Adam. 2023. "Surgery cas...

PURPOSE To describe clinical findings after Ahmed valve drainage implantation in children. DESIGN All records in one practice were reviewed to identify and describe clinical findings in all children who had undergone Ahmed Glaucoma Valve S2 model insertion for uncontrolled primary or secondary glaucoma. RESULTS A total of 6 patients were identified, ranging in age from 2-15 years. Mean foll...

PURPOSE The Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implant is designed to prevent early postoperative hypotony. There is evidence of variation in hypotony rates in clinical trials which may be due to surgical technique variation, entry site leakage or valve defects from 'over priming'. We describe a simple preimplantation gravity driven test to assess valve function after priming that may reduce hypotony r...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the results of Ahmed Glaucoma Valve implantation in African American and white patients. METHODS In this retrospective, comparative case-control study, we reviewed 86 eyes of 86 patients, comparing the surgical outcomes in white patients (n = 43) with matched African American patients (n = 43). Success was defined as an intraocular pressure (IOP) between 6 mm Hg and 21 m...

PURPOSE To report a patient with symptomatic intraocular pressure (lOP) elevation in an eye with neovascular glaucoma (NVG) during hemodialysis. METHODS Case report. RESULTS Recurrent episodes of severe ocular pain and elevated IOP in the NVG eye were noted during hemodialysis in a 29-year-old man. The patient was recently diagnosed at our ophthalmology clinic with NVG due to central retina...