CLINICAL CASE This is a case of retinal ischaemia with subsequent neovascularization, in a 13 year-old boy who sustained a traumatic hyphema after blunt trauma. DISCUSSION Hyphemas can occur after blunt trauma, intraocular surgery, spontaneously and in association with the use of substances that alter platelet or thrombin function (aspirin, ethanol). Associated injuries are traumatic anterior...

purpose : this study was performed to compare complications and clinical course of microscopic and macroscopic hyphema resulting from blunt ocular trauma methods : in a prospective observational case series during the period 21 march 2010 to 20 march 2011 all referred patient with traumatic hyphema to ophthalmic emergency ward of ahvaz, main city of southwest of iran that met inclusion criteria...

AIMS To report a case of a patient who developed uveitis-glaucoma-hyphema (UGH) syndrome after an uneventful cataract surgery and to discuss risk factors, diagnostic challenges, management options, and clinical implications. BACKGROUND Uveitis-glaucoma-hyphema syndrome is a rare but potentially serious cataract surgery complication. Clinical manifestations include increased intraocular pressu...

We present the combined surgery of non-penetrating deep sclerectomy with insertion of the implant in the supraciliary space as an effective and safe surgery for patients with both cataract and primary open angle glaucoma. This study included 20 eyes of 16 patients who were followed up during 12 months. We found a significant intraocular pressure reduction, changing from a preoperative mean of 2...

Introduction: Hyphema is the accumulation of blood in anterior chamber eye that can directly affect our vision. Various factors play role final visual outcome among patients with hyphema, and there are very few related studies. Therefore, this study aimed to determine traumatic hyphema. Methods: This cross-sectional was conducted 62 cases hyphema presenting emergency department Tribhuwan Univer...

PURPOSE To investigate the power use and complication frequency of resident-performed laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI). METHODS A retrospective analysis of 196 eyes from 103 patients who underwent neodymium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser iridotomy performed by resident physicians from January 1, 2010 through April 30, 2015 at a university-based county hospital was done. All patients were trea...

PURPOSE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of T-Flux implant in nonpenetrating glaucoma surgery. METHODS This clinical interventional case series study included 35 eyes of 35 patients with medically uncontrolled primary open angle glaucoma. External trabeculectomy with T-Flux (ETTF) is a technique of nonpenetrating glaucoma surgery, in which after removing deep scleral tissue and un-roofing ...

Convenient to perform alongside cataract surgery and relatively safe, minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries (MIGS) are growing in popularity. Few studies have examined the effect safety of performing combined MIGS. We outcomes combining two distinct MIGS: endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation (ECP) ab interno trabeculotomy with Kahook Dual Blade (KDB; New World Medical, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif), alo...