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Not every ring scotoma is due to glaucoma
In advanced stages of glaucoma, patients may present with an annular scotoma, also known as ring...
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Relationship between Blood Pressure and Rates of Glaucomatous Visual Field Progression
Purpose: To examine the relationship between systemic arterial blood pressure (BP) and the rate...
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Comparison of Outcomes of Deep Sclerectomy, Canaloplasty, and Viscocanaloplasty: A Multi-Centred Study
Prcis: Deep sclerectomy (DS) and canaloplasty provide better intraocular pressure (IOP) control...
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Macular Oxygen Saturation in Glaucoma Using Retinal Oximetry of Visible Light Optical Coherence Tomography: A Pilot Study
Purpose: A cross-sectional pilot study to compare macular oxygen saturation (sO2) and associated...
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Childhood Glaucoma
SIG Corner Editor: Hana Abouzeid Chair: Esther Hoffmann Co-chair: Zeynep Aktas Childhood glaucoma...
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Avoid premature removal of the intraluminal suture in glaucoma drainage devices to minimize the risk of hypotony
While prolene suture removal is an effective method for reducing IOP at the slit-lamp, removing...
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Biomechanics-Function in Glaucoma: Improved Visual Field Predictions from IOP-Induced Neural Strains
Purpose: (1) To assess whether neural tissue structure and biomechanics could predict functional...
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Validation of a Visual Field Prediction Tool for Glaucoma: A Multicenter Study Involving Patients With Glaucoma in the United Kingdom
Purpose: A previously developed machine-learning approach with Kalman filtering technology...
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Fatal beauty: which cosmetics are your glaucoma patients using?
Colorism refers to the difference in social treatment between light-skinned and dark-skinned...
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The relationship between multiple deprivation and severity of glaucoma at diagnosis
BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic deprivation is associated with higher odds of chronic diseases, with...
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Be aware of the potential influence of the vitreoretinal interface when interpreting OCT images of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) in glaucoma patients
Vitreous traction can cause artifacts that may obscure RNFL thinning, potentially leading to...
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Placebo effect and its determinants in ocular hypotensive therapy: meta-analysis and multiple meta-regression analysis
Author(s): Sooyeon Choe (1), Young Kook Kim (2), Woosuk Chung (3), Donghyun Ko (3), Marvin Lee...
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Interleukin-6 Deficiency Attenuates Retinal Ganglion Cell Axonopathy and Glaucoma-Related Vision Loss
Author(s): 1 Neuroscience Graduate Program, Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN, United States. 2 Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences,...
July 31, 2017
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The chronic use of prostaglandin analogues may lead to a modest underestimation of IOP when measured by Goldmann applanation tonometry
The Science behind the Tip Corneal hysteresis is a biomechanical property of the cornea relating to its elasticity. The measurement of corneal...
June 30, 2017
Mitochondrial dysfunction in ocular disease: Focus on glaucoma
Author(s): Kamel K (1), Farrell M (2), O'Brien C (3) 1 Institute of Ophthalmology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. 2...
June 30, 2017
Regulation of intraocular pressure by microRNA cluster miR-143/145
Author(s): Li X (1,2), Zhao F (3,4), Xin M (5), Li G (6), Luna C (6), Li G (1), Zhou Q (4), He Y (2), Yu B (4), Olson E (7), Gonzalez P (6), Wang S...
June 30, 2017
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In a patient with glaucoma who has unexplained hair loss, stop topical beta-blocker treatment
The Science behind the Tip Beta adrenergic receptor blocking eye drops are often used to reduce the intraocular pressure. Because of absorption...
May 31, 2017
Neuroprotection for glaucoma: Requirements for clinical translation
Author(s): Levin LA (1), Crowe ME (2), Quigley HA (3); Lasker/IRRF Initiative on Astrocytes and Glaucomatous Neurodegeneration Participants 1...
May 31, 2017
Restoration of Aqueous Humor Outflow Following Transplantation of iPSC-Derived Trabecular Meshwork Cells in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Glaucoma
Author(s): Zhu W (1), Jain A (2), Gramlich OW (3), Tucker BA (3), Sheffield VC (4), Kuehn MH (1) 1 Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences,...
May 31, 2017
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Patients with normal tension glaucoma who develop a branch retinal vein occlusion should be monitored with greater care
The Science behind the Tip If a branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) occurs in a patient with normal tension glaucoma, it tends to occur in the eye...
April 30, 2017
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Visual function may improve after trabeculectomy in some adults with moderately advanced glaucoma
The Science behind the Tip We were taught that visual field loss from glaucoma is irreversible and that our interventions could at best, preserve...
March 31, 2017
The challenge of regenerative therapies for the optic nerve in glaucoma
Author(s): Calkins DJ (1), Pekny M (2), Cooper ML (3), Benowitz L (4); Lasker/IRRF Initiative on Astrocytes and Glaucomatous Neurodegeneration...
March 31, 2017
The pressure-induced deformation response of the human lamina cribrosa: Analysis of regional variations
Author(s): Midgett DE (1), Pease ME (2), Jefferys JL (2), Patel M (3), Franck C (3), Quigley HA (2), Nguyen TD (4) 1 Department of Mechanical...
March 31, 2017
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The regular (and sometimes clandestine) application of periocular corticosteroid cream can induce glaucoma in susceptible individuals
The Science behind the Tip Steroid-induced ocular hypertension and glaucoma is typically associated with topical steroid therapy and presents with...
February 28, 2017
Posner-Schlossman Syndrome
Author(s): Megaw R (1), Agarwal PK (2) 1 Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of...
February 28, 2017
New insights into the genetics of primary open-angle glaucoma based on meta-analyses of intraocular pressure and optic disc characteristics
Author(s): Springelkamp H (1,2), Iglesias AI, Mishra A (3,4), Höhn R (5,6), Wojciechowski R, Khawaja AP (7), Nag A (8), Wang YX (9,10), Wang JJ...
February 28, 2017
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In patients with primary angle-closure glaucoma and primary angle closure with high intraocular pressure (IOP), there is a good evidence to support the use of clear lens extraction with intraocular lens implantation as initial treatment
The Science behind the Tip The standard treatment for primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) is laser peripheral iridotomy (PI) to open the drainage...
January 31, 2017
Glaucoma Risk Alleles in the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study
Author(s): Scheetz TE (1), Faga B (1), Ortega L (2), Roos BR (1), Gordon MO (3), Kass MA (3), Wang K (4), Fingert JH (5) 1 Department Ophthalmology...
January 31, 2017
Lamina cribrosa in glaucoma
Author(s): Downs JC (1), Girkin CA 1 Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA....
January 31, 2017
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Patients with neovascular glaucoma should be referred to a general physician as management of their underlying systemic disease should increase their life expectancy
The Science behind the Tip Most patients with neovascular glaucoma have retinal ischaemia secondary to either proliferative diabetic retinopathy,...
December 31, 2016
New classes of glaucoma medications
Author(s): Schehlein EM (1), Novack GD, Robin AL 1 a University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences,...
December 31, 2016
The neuroprotective effect of latanoprost acts via klotho-mediated suppression of calpain activation after optic nerve transection
Author(s): Yamamoto K (1), Sato K (1,2), Yukita M (1), Yasuda M (1), Omodaka K (1,2), Ryu M (1), Fujita K (3), Nishiguchi KM (4), Machida S (5,6),...
December 31, 2016
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The risk of secondary haemorrhage after hyphaema can be reduced by using topical steroids and oral tranexamic acid
The Science behind the Tip A hyphaema is a common and usually innocuous consequence of blunt injury or ocular surgery. However, the secondary...
November 30, 2016
Effectiveness of early lens extraction for the treatment of primary angle-closure glaucoma (EAGLE): a randomised controlled trial
Author(s): Azuara-Blanco A (1), Burr J (2), Ramsay C (3), Cooper D (3), Foster PJ (4), Friedman DS (5), Scotland G (6), Javanbakht M (7), Cochrane...
November 30, 2016
Steroid-induced ocular hypertension/glaucoma: Focus on pharmacogenomics and implications for precision medicine
Author(s): Fini ME (1), Schwartz SG (2), Gao X (3), Jeong S (4), Patel N (5), Itakura T (6), Price MO (7), Price FW Jr (8), Varma R (9), Stamer WD...
November 30, 2016
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Despite the increased central corneal thickness (CCT) that may follow lamellar corneal surgery, reliable IOP measurements can be obtained with Goldmann applanation tonometry or Pascal dynamic tomography
The Science behind the Tip Lamellar corneal surgery (DSAEK, DMEK) is replacing penetrating keratoplasty, because visual recovery is better and...
October 31, 2016
Monitoring ocular hypertension, how much and how often? A cost-effectiveness perspective
Author(s): Hernández R(1), Burr JM(2), Vale L(3), Azuara-Blanco A(4), Cook JA(5), Banister K(6), Tuulonen A(7), Ryan M(1); Surveillance of Ocular...
October 31, 2016