The purpose is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Ahmed valve implantation in children with refractory postuveitic glaucoma (PUG). Material methods . was implanted 10 aged 7 17 years (10 eyes) open-angle or mixed PUG uncompensated even by a maximum antihypertensive mode. Previously, all patients had undergone an average 2.1 ± 0.9 surgeries aimed at normalizing intraocular pressure (IOP...

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVE The major objective of treatment in glaucomatous disease is the decrease of intraocular pressure while maintaining the patient's vision and quality of life. Despite therapeutic possibilities, some cases of glaucoma remain refractory to treatment with the maintenance of elevated intraocular pressure and further progression of the disease.Artificial drainage systems, Ahmed...

PURPOSE To report the case of a young patient affected by neurofibromatosis 1 (NF-1) with peripheral retinal ischemia-induced neovascular glaucoma and the peculiar spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) features. MATERIAL AND METHODS A 13-year-old boy affected by NF-1, as diagnosed according to established criteria, was referred with a diagnosis of hypertensive uveitis in his l...

PURPOSE To evaluate short-term changes in corneal endothelial cells after trabeculectomy, EX-PRESS device implantation, and Ahmed valve implantation for the treatment of primary open-angle glaucoma. DESIGN Prospective, interventional, comparative case series with contralateral eye control study. METHODS We prospectively evaluated the changes in number, density, and shape of the corneal endo...

The pars plana model of the Ahmed Glaucoma Valve (AGV) is inserted into the vitreous cavity through a sclerostomy, and has a specially designed clip anchors that it in place and avoids tube kinking. The tube deliver aqueous from within the eye to the episcleral plate covered by Tenon’s capsule and conjunctiva, which stimulates fibrovascular encapsulation around the plate. This article elucidate...

AIM To explore the efficacy of preoperative intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) injection combined with Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implantation in the treatment of neovascular glaucoma (NVG). METHODS This retrospective study included 35 eyes from 35 patients who underwent preoperative IVB and AGV implantation for treatment of NVG. Findings such as intraocular pressure (IOP) number of anti-glaucoma...

Glaucoma management in pregnant patients is a real challenge, especially when the glaucoma is not controlled with medications. We report the results of 6 incisional glaucoma surgeries for the management of medically uncontrolled glaucoma patients during pregnancy. This retrospective, case series was conducted on the 6 eyes of 3pregnant patients with uncontrolled glaucoma using maximum tolerable...