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Balancing Glaucoma Care: Tackling Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment to Preserve Patient Quality of Life
The Science behind the Tip In contrast to underdiagnosis, which has been described in...
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Treatment Outcomes Comparing the Paul and Baerveldt Glaucoma Implants After One Year of Follow-Up
OBJECTIVE: To compare efficacy and safety profiles of the PGI and BGI in the treatment of...
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Evaluating Primary Treatment for People with Advanced Glaucoma: Five-Year Results of the Treatment of Advanced Glaucoma Study
Purpose: To determine whether primary trabeculectomy or medical treatment produces better...
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Activation of the ROCK/MYLK Pathway Affects Complex Molecular and Morphological Changes of the Trabecular Meshwork Associated With Ocular Hypertension
Purpose: The Rho-associated protein kinase and myosin light chain kinase (ROCK/MYLK) pathway...
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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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Angle Closure SIG
SIG Corner Editor: Hana Abouzeid Chair: John Thygesen Co-chair: Gus Gazzard The goal of this SIG...
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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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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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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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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...
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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...
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Effect of sleeping in a head-up position on intraocular pressure in patients with glaucoma
Author(s): Buys YM, Alasbali T, Jin YP, Smith M, Gouws P, Geffen N, Flanagan JG, Shapiro CM, Trope GE Department of Ophthalmology and Vision...
August 31, 2010
Clinical classification of childhood glaucomas
Author(s): Yeung HH, Walton DS Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA....
July 31, 2010
Effect of patient's life expectancy on the cost-effectiveness of treatment for ocular hypertension
Author(s): Kymes SM, Plotzke MR, Kass MA, Boland MV, Gordon MO OBJECTIVE: To assess the influence of expected life span on the cost-effectiveness...
June 30, 2010
Delaying Treatment of Ocular Hypertension: the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study
Author(s): Michael A. Kass, MD; Mae O. Gordon, PhD; Feng Gao, PhD; Dale K. Heuer, MD; Eve J. Higginbotham, MD; Chris A. Johnson, PhD; John K....
May 31, 2010
Simvastatin and Disease Stabilization in Normal Tension Glaucoma: A Cohort Study.
Author(s): Leung DY, Li FC, Kwong YY, Tham CC, Chi SC, Lam DS. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong...
March 31, 2010
Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure in Glaucoma A Prospective Study.
Author(s): Ren R, Jonas JB, Tian G, Zhen Y, Ma K, Li S, Wang H, Li B, Zhang X, Wang N Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Eye...
February 28, 2010
Prediction of glaucomatous visual field loss by extrapolation of linear trends
Author(s): Bengtsson B, Patella VM, Heijl A Departments of Clinical Sciences and Ophthalmology, Lund University, Malmö University Hospital,...
January 31, 2010
Increased likelihood of glaucoma at the same screening intraocular pressure in subjects with pseudoexfoliation: the Thessaloniki Eye Study
Author(s): Topouzis F, Harris A, Wilson MR, Koskosas A, Founti P, Yu F, Anastasopoulos E, Pappas T, Coleman AL Department of Ophthalmology, School...
November 30, 2009
Complex antibody profile changes in an experimental autoimmune glaucoma animal model
Author(s): Joachim SC, Grus FH, Kraft D, White-Farrar K, Barnes G, Barbeck M, Ghanaati S, Cao S, Li B, Wax MB Experimental Ophthalmology,...
October 31, 2009