PURPOSE To report a case of Propionibacterium acnes endophthalmitis in a patient with an Ahmed glaucoma valve. CASE REPORT A nine-year-old boy with bilateral congenital glaucoma, with an Ahmed glaucoma valve implanted in the left eye, had recurrent conjunctival dehiscence and endophthalmitis. RESULTS Vitreous cultures demonstrated the presence of Propionibacterium acnes. CONCLUSIONS This ...

BACKGROUND To investigate the surgical results of Ahmed valve implantation with intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection (IVTA) in patients with aphakic or pseudophakic glaucoma. METHODS Fifty-nine patients who underwent Ahmed valve implantation were consecutively recruited from November 2005 to August 2011 at the Beijing Tongren Hospital. In the IVTA group (29 eyes), 4 mg of TA was inj...

irony is a mysterious communicative language between writer and reader and among its beauties, brevity and oddity and duality of meaning can be referred to. so it is considered as one of the best means of interpretation in an indirect way to reform society. this article elaborates on irony in terms of language and terminology with emphasis on the most important available works in this area. the...

The results from the tube versus trabeculectomy (TVT) study provided the evidence to support the use of aqueous shunt surgery and its increasing popularity in the world. The Ahmed versus Baerveldt (AVB) study, a randomized controlled study, compared the efficacy and safety between two of the most commonly used glaucoma drainage implants. A significant proportion of the participants had failed t...

Prognostic significance of infarct core pathology in ST-elevation myocardial infarction survivors revealed by non-contrast T1 mapping cardiac magnetic resonance David Carrick, Caroline Haig, Samuli M Rauhalammi, Nadeem Ahmed, Ify Mordi, Margaret McEntegart, Mark Petrie, Hany Eteiba, Stuart Hood, Stuart Watkins, Mitchell Lindsay, Ahmed Marous, Aleksandra Radjenovic, Ian Ford, Niko Tzemos, Keith ...

Ronald Admiraal Netherlands Patricia Aguilar Martinez France Zubair Ahmed United States of America S. Faisal Ahmed United Kingdom Jan Albrecht Poland Beate Albrecht Germany Rando Allikmets United States of America Margarida Amaral Portugal Christer Andersson Sweden David Araujo-Vilar Spain Eloisa Arbustini Italy Pamela Arn United States of America Martin Ashton-Key United Kingdom Patrick Aubour...

Pakistan Country Profile of Cancer and Cancer Control 1995-2004 Yasmin Bhurgri1,2, Asif Bhurgri1,3, Sania Nishter4, Ashfaq Ahmed5, Ahmed Usman6, Shahid Pervez2, Rashida Ahmed2, Naila Kayani2, Ahmed Riaz1, Hadi Bhurgri1,2, Imtiaz Bashir7, Sheema H. Hassan2 Karachi Cancer Registry1, Aga Khan University2, Karachi, Sindh Medical College3, Karachi, Heartfile4, Islamabad, Ministry of Health, Federal ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Changes in corneal endothelial cell (CEC) indices 24 months after Ahmed valve (New World Medical, Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, CA) and single-plate Molteno implants (Molteno Ophthalmic Limited, Dunedin, New Zealand) were evaluated. PATIENTS AND METHODS This cohort included Ahmed valve (29 eyes) or single-plate Molteno (28 eyes) implants. Preoperative and postoperative cent...