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  • Identification of Optic Nerve–Related Biomarkers in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Based on Comprehensive Bioinformatics and Mendelian Randomization

    Purpose: Glaucoma is the primary cause of permanent vision loss worldwide. However, the pathogenesis of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), the...

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    Identification of Optic Nerve–Related Biomarkers in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Based on Comprehensive Bioinformatics and Mendelian Randomization

    Identification of Optic Nerve–Related Biomarkers in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Based on Comprehensive Bioinformatics and Mendelian Randomization

    Purpose: Glaucoma is the primary cause of permanent vision loss worldwide. However, the...

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  • Quality of Life and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma in the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study

    Importance: If preperimetric glaucoma reduces patient-reported vision-related quality of life (VRQoL), clinicians might consider earlier and more...

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    Quality of Life and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma in the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study

    Quality of Life and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma in the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study

    Importance: If preperimetric glaucoma reduces patient-reported vision-related quality of life...

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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 people. This sociological concept is a result of...

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    Fatal beauty: which cosmetics are your glaucoma patients using?

    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 many individuals living with more than one illness....

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    The relationship between multiple deprivation and severity of glaucoma at diagnosis

    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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  • Plasma metabolite profile for primary open-angle glaucoma in three US cohorts and the UK Biobank

    Author(s): Oana A Zeleznik ° (1,2), Jae H Kang ° (3,4), Jessica Lasky-Su (3,4), A Heather Eliassen (3,4,5,6), Lisa Frueh (3), Clary B Clish (7),...

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    Plasma metabolite profile for primary open-angle glaucoma in three US cohorts and the UK Biobank

    Plasma metabolite profile for primary open-angle glaucoma in three US cohorts and the UK Biobank

    Author(s): Oana A Zeleznik ° (1,2), Jae H Kang ° (3,4), Jessica Lasky-Su (3,4), A Heather...

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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 misinterpretation of disease progression. Studies have...

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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

    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 (4), Sung Ryul Shim (5), Ahnul Ha (6) 1 Department...

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    Placebo effect and its determinants in ocular hypotensive therapy: meta-analysis and multiple meta-regression analysis

    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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  • Angle Closure SIG

    SIG Corner Editor: Hana Abouzeid Chair: John Thygesen Co-chair: Gus Gazzard The goal of this SIG is to further the promotion of knowledge about the...

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    Angle Closure SIG

    Angle Closure SIG

    SIG Corner Editor: Hana Abouzeid Chair: John Thygesen Co-chair: Gus Gazzard The goal of this SIG...

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  • Comparison of Trabeculectomy Outcomes Performed by Residents in Training and Ophthalmologists

    Author(s): Mário Lima-Fontes (1), Ana Faria-Pereira (1), Mariana Leuzinger-Dias (1), Marta Inês Silva (1), João Barbosa-Breda (1,2,3), Joana Araújo...

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    Comparison of Trabeculectomy Outcomes Performed by Residents in Training and Ophthalmologists

    Comparison of Trabeculectomy Outcomes Performed by Residents in Training and Ophthalmologists

    Author(s): Mário Lima-Fontes (1), Ana Faria-Pereira (1), Mariana Leuzinger-Dias (1), Marta Inês...

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  • Oral acetazolamide (Diamox) is known to lower intraocular pressure, but it can very rarely cause acute bilateral angle closure with severely elevated intraocular pressure

    The mechanism is thought to be an idiosyncratic reaction to sulphonamides, similar to that which can occur with drugs such as topiramate. The...

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    Oral acetazolamide (Diamox) is known to lower intraocular pressure, but it can very rarely cause acute bilateral angle closure with severely elevated intraocular pressure

    Oral acetazolamide (Diamox) is known to lower intraocular pressure, but it can very rarely cause acute bilateral angle closure with severely elevated intraocular pressure

    The mechanism is thought to be an idiosyncratic reaction to sulphonamides, similar to that which...

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  • Cataract Surgery in Patients with Functioning Glaucoma Filtration Surgery

    The accelerated development of cataract is frequently seen in the years following glaucoma filtration surgery (1). Cataract surgery causes anterior...

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    Cataract Surgery in Patients with Functioning Glaucoma Filtration Surgery

    Cataract Surgery in Patients with Functioning Glaucoma Filtration Surgery

    The accelerated development of cataract is frequently seen in the years following glaucoma...

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Comparison of the Effects of Latanoprostene Bunod and Timolol on Retinal Blood Vessel Density: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Clinical paper of the month

Comparison of the Effects of Latanoprostene Bunod and Timolol on Retinal Blood Vessel Density: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Author(s): Nevin W El-Nimri (1), Sasan Moghimi (1), Rafaella C Penteado (1), Elham Ghahari (1), Diya Yang (2), Nicole Brye (1), James Proudfoot...

July 31, 2022

Screening for Glaucoma in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force

Clinical paper of the month

Screening for Glaucoma in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force

Author(s): Roger Chou (1), Shelley Selph (1,2), Ian Blazina (1), Christina Bougatsos (1), Rebecca Jungbauer (1), Rongwei Fu (1,3), Sara Grusing...

June 30, 2022

Nicotinamide and Pyruvate for Neuroenhancement in Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial

Clinical paper of the month

Nicotinamide and Pyruvate for Neuroenhancement in Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial

Author(s): Carlos Gustavo De Moraes (1), Simon W M John (1,2,3), Pete A Williams (4), Dana M Blumberg (1), George A Cioffi (1), Jeffrey M Liebmann...

May 31, 2022

Is Genetic Risk for Sleep Apnea Causally Linked With Glaucoma Susceptibility?

Clinical paper of the month

Is Genetic Risk for Sleep Apnea Causally Linked With Glaucoma Susceptibility?

Author(s): Nathan Ingold (1,2), Adrian I Campos (1,3), Xikun Han (1,3), Jue-Sheng Ong (1), Puya Gharahkhani (1), David A Mackey (4), Miguel E...

April 30, 2022

Policy-Driven, Multimodal Deep Learning for Predicting Visual Fields from the Optic Disc and Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging

Clinical paper of the month

Policy-Driven, Multimodal Deep Learning for Predicting Visual Fields from the Optic Disc and Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging

Author(s): Yuka Kihara (1), Giovanni Montesano (2), Andrew Chen (1), Nishani Amerasinghe (3), Chrysostomos Dimitriou (4), Aby Jacob (3), Almira...

March 31, 2022

The Weiss ring, a major confounding factor for measurements of peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness

Clinical paper of the month

The Weiss ring, a major confounding factor for measurements of peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness

Author(s): Min-Woo Lee (1), Min-Su Kim (2), Hwa-Young Yu (1), Kee-Sup Park (1), Young-Hoon Lee (1), Jung-Yeul Kim (3) 1 Department of...

February 28, 2022

Diagnostic assessment of glaucoma and non-glaucomatous optic neuropathies via optical texture analysis of the retinal nerve fibre layer

Clinical paper of the month

Diagnostic assessment of glaucoma and non-glaucomatous optic neuropathies via optical texture analysis of the retinal nerve fibre layer

Author(s): Christopher Kai Shun Leung (1,2,3,4), Alexander Ka Ngai Lam (5), Robert Neal Weinreb (6), David F Garway-Heath (7), Marco Yu (8), Philip...

January 31, 2022

Attitudes towards polygenic risk testing in individuals with glaucoma

Clinical paper of the month

Attitudes towards polygenic risk testing in individuals with glaucoma

Author(s): Georgina L Hollitt (1), Owen M Siggs (2), Bronwyn Ridge (2), Miriam C Keane (2), David A Mackey (3), Stuart MacGregor (4), Alex W Hewitt...

December 31, 2021

Association Between Visual Field Damage and Gait Dysfunction in Patients With Glaucoma

Clinical paper of the month

Association Between Visual Field Damage and Gait Dysfunction in Patients With Glaucoma

Author(s): Jian-Yu E (1,2), Aleksandra Mihailovic (1), Catalina Garzon (1), Jennifer A Schrack (2,3), Tianjing Li (4), Sheila K West (1), Laura N...

November 30, 2021

Unplanned Return to the Operating Room After Trabeculectomy

Clinical paper of the month

Unplanned Return to the Operating Room After Trabeculectomy

Author(s): Nur Cardakli (1), David S Friedman (2), Michael V Boland (3) 1 Glaucoma Center of Excellence, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins...

November 30, 2021

In vivo imaging of the Schlemm's Canal and the response to Selective laser trabeculoplasty

Clinical paper of the month

In vivo imaging of the Schlemm's Canal and the response to Selective laser trabeculoplasty

Author(s): Toshit Varshney (1), Kishan Azmira (1), Shikha Gupta (1), Karthikeyan Mahalingam (1), Abhishek Singh (1), Dewang Angmo (1), Viney Gupta...

October 31, 2021

Long-Term Outcomes of Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty for Open-Angle Glaucoma in the Caribbean

Clinical paper of the month

Long-Term Outcomes of Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty for Open-Angle Glaucoma in the Caribbean

Author(s): Tony Realini (1), Hazel Shillingford-Ricketts (2), Darra Burt (3), Goundappa K Balasubramani (4) 1 West Virginia University Eye...

September 30, 2021

Gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy (GATT) for myocilin juvenile glaucoma

Clinical paper of the month

Gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy (GATT) for myocilin juvenile glaucoma

Author(s): Erin A Boese (1), Wallace L M Alward (2), John H Fingert (2) Department Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Carver College of Medicine,...

July 31, 2021

Ab-externo MicroShunt versus Trabeculectomy in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: 1-year Results from a 2-year Randomized, Multicenter Study

Clinical paper of the month

Ab-externo MicroShunt versus Trabeculectomy in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: 1-year Results from a 2-year Randomized, Multicenter Study

Author(s): N Douglas Baker (1), Howard S Barnebey (2), Marlene R Moster (3), Michael C Stiles (4), Steven D Vold (5), Anup K Khatana (6), Brian E...

June 30, 2021

Ten-Year Clinical Outcomes of Acute Primary Angle Closure Randomized to Receive Early Phacoemulsification Versus Laser Peripheral Iridotomy

Clinical paper of the month

Ten-Year Clinical Outcomes of Acute Primary Angle Closure Randomized to Receive Early Phacoemulsification Versus Laser Peripheral Iridotomy

Author(s): Poemen P Chan (1,2), Fang Y Tang (1), Dexter Y Leung (1,3), Thomas C Lam (1,2), Nafees Baig (1,4,3), Clement C Tham (1,2,5) 1 Department...

May 31, 2021

Quality of Life in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma and Cataract: An Analysis of VFQ-25 and OSDI from the iStent inject® Pivotal Trial

Clinical paper of the month

Quality of Life in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma and Cataract: An Analysis of VFQ-25 and OSDI from the iStent inject® Pivotal Trial

Author(s): Thomas W Samuelson (1), Inder Paul Singh (2), Blake K Williamson (3), Heather Falvey (4), Won Chan Lee (5), Dawn Odom (6), David...

April 30, 2021

Anatomical Changes and Predictors of Angle Widening After Laser Peripheral Iridotomy: The Zhongshan Angle Closure Prevention Trial

Clinical paper of the month

Anatomical Changes and Predictors of Angle Widening After Laser Peripheral Iridotomy: The Zhongshan Angle Closure Prevention Trial

Author(s): Benjamin Y Xu (1), David S Friedman (2), Paul J Foster (3), Yu Jiang (4), Anmol A Pardeshi (5), Yuzhen Jiang (4), Beatriz Munoz (6), Tin...

February 28, 2021

Glaucoma-Related Adverse Events at 10 Years in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial

Clinical paper of the month

Glaucoma-Related Adverse Events at 10 Years in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial

Author(s): Sharon F Freedman (1), Allen D Beck (2), Azhar Nizam (3), Deborah K Vanderveen (4), David A Plager (5), David G Morrison (6), Carolyn D...

January 31, 2021

Risk Factors for Visual Field Deterioration in the United Kingdom Glaucoma Treatment Study

Clinical paper of the month

Risk Factors for Visual Field Deterioration in the United Kingdom Glaucoma Treatment Study

Author(s): Panayiota Founti (1), Catey Bunce (2), Anthony P Khawaja (3), Caroline J Doré (4), Jibran Mohamed-Noriega (3), David F Garway-Heath (3),...

December 31, 2020

Longitudinal Macular Ganglion Cell-Inner Plexiform Layer Measurements to Detect Glaucoma Progression in High Myopia

Clinical paper of the month

Longitudinal Macular Ganglion Cell-Inner Plexiform Layer Measurements to Detect Glaucoma Progression in High Myopia

Author(s): Joong Won Shin (1), Min Kyung Song (1), Kyung Rim Sung (2) 1 Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Asan...

October 31, 2020

Cardiovascular Disease may predict structural and functional progression in early glaucoma

Clinical paper of the month

Cardiovascular Disease may predict structural and functional progression in early glaucoma

Author(s): Henry Marshall (1), Sean Mullany (2), Ayub Qassim (2), Mark Hassall (2), Owen Siggs (2), Bronwyn Ridge (2), Thi Nguyen (2), Mona...

September 30, 2020

Longitudinal Macular Structure–Function Relationships in Glaucoma

Clinical paper of the month

Longitudinal Macular Structure–Function Relationships in Glaucoma

Author(s): Vahid Mohammadzadeh (1), Alessandro Rabiolo (2), Qiang Fu (3), Esteban Morales (1), Anne L Coleman (1), Simon K Law (1), Joseph Caprioli...

July 31, 2020

Visual Field Outcomes from the Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Laser in Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension Trial

Clinical paper of the month

Visual Field Outcomes from the Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Laser in Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension Trial

Author(s): David M.Wright (1,2), Evgenia Konstantakopoulou (3,4,5), Giovanni Montesano (6), Neil Nathwani (3), Anurag Garg (3), David Garway-Heath...

June 30, 2020

Franz Fankhauser: the father of the automated perimeter

Clinical paper of the month

Franz Fankhauser: the father of the automated perimeter

Author(s): Gloor BP Zürich, Switzerland. Franz Fankhauser is known as the father of automated perimetry and of the q-switched Nd:YAG laser knife....

May 31, 2020

The Association between Medication Adherence and Visual Field Progression in the Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study

Clinical paper of the month

The Association between Medication Adherence and Visual Field Progression in the Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study

Author(s): Newman-Casey PA (1), Niziol LM (2), Gillespie BW (3), Janz NK (4), Lichter PR (2), Musch DC (5) 1 Department of Ophthalmology and Visual...

March 31, 2020