An elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is one of the most important risk factors for the development of glaucoma, which causes progressive optic neuropathy. Lowering IOP is currently the only therapeutic approach to the treatment of glaucoma. Tafluprost, a novel prostaglandin analogue, was recently launched onto the market as an ocular hypotensive agent. Tafluprost is potent in its affinity for...

Trabeculectomy is a gold standard filtration procedure in the management of glaucoma. However, small incision cataract surgery with trabeculectomy combined surgical for coexisting glaucoma and cataract. The final success rate related to minimizing intraocular pressure (IOP) depends on follow-up duration assessment criteria. This study was aimed evaluate long term control morphology bleb cases u...

purpose: to compare the short and long-term efficacy and complications of releasable suture vs conventional interrupted suture for scleral flap in trabeculectomy. methods: in a prospective randomized clinical trial, 42 eyes of 42 consecutive patients requiring trabeculectomy for uncontrolled primary glaucoma underwent conventional trabeculectomy (group a) and trabeculectomy with releasable sutu...

Background & Objective: Induction of general anesthesia has been known to raise the intraocular pressure (IOP). The effect is more pronounced at time intubation. Similarly, applying pneumatic tourniquets associated with rise in IOP. We compared effects and combined spinal-epidural (CSEA) on IOP lower extremity surgeries employing tourniquets.
 Methodology: A total 50 patients, aged ove...

Recent investigations have shown that growing chicken eyes elongate during the day and shorten during the night. We asked whether the chick, like a number of other animals, exhibits a rhythm in intraocular pressure (IOP) and whether this rhythm might be associated with this rhythm in elongation. We find that the intraocular pressure in normal eyes is high during the day and low in the middle of...

AIM To investigate the relation between change in systemic blood pressures and change in intraocular pressure. METHODS This was a population based study of people 43-86 years old living in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Measurements at baseline (1988-90) and 5 year follow up of systemic blood pressures, intraocular pressures, and history of use of blood pressure medications. RESULTS Intraocular pre...

Aim: To investigate the relation between change in systemic blood pressures and change in intraocular pressure. Methods: This was a population based study of people 43– 86 years old living in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Measurements at baseline (1988–90) and 5 year follow up of systemic blood pressures, intraocular pressures, and history of use of blood pressure medications. Results: Intraocular pre...

background: in many clinical situations, knowledge of central venous pressure (cvp) is important.  measurement of cvp is not always possible.   objective: to determine if intraocular pressure (iop) can be used as an estimate for cvp.   methods: iop and cvp were measured concurrently in 30 candidates of coronary artery bypass graft surgery.  those with carotid artery or jugular venous diseases a...

OBJECTIVE To assess intraocular pressure (IOP) in conditioned equine athletes and document changes with exercise. A secondary objective was to assess associations between IOP and heart rate, as well as with other subjective physical parameters. SAMPLE POPULATION Horses were evaluated during 50 mile endurance ride competitions. Data were collected on 69 horses during five different competition...