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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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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 of change in standard automated perimetry (SAP) in...
March 14, 2025
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 accurately predicted the disease trajectory for patients...
February 14, 2025
The Impact of Baseline Intraocular Pressure on Initial Treatment Response in the LiGHT Trial: Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty versus Medication
Purpose: The Laser in Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension Trial demonstrated the efficacy and safety of selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) compared...
January 15, 2025
Psychological Stress and Intraocular Pressure in Glaucoma: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Purpose: To evaluate the intraocular pressure (IOP) behavior after applying a standardized protocol to induce psychological stress in patients with...
December 09, 2024
Quality of Life and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma in the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study
Key Points Question: Do participants in the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study with preperimetric primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) have lower...
November 12, 2024
Relationship between Intraocular Pressure Fluctuation and Visual Field Progression Rates in the United Kingdom Glaucoma Treatment Study
Purpose: To investigate whether intraocular pressure (IOP) fluctuation is associated independently with the rate of visual field (VF) progression...
October 15, 2024
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 outcomes in terms of quality of life (QoL), clinical...
September 12, 2024
Peripheral blood mononuclear cell respiratory function is associated with progressive glaucomatous vision loss
Intraocular pressure (IOP) is currently the only modifiable risk factor for glaucoma and all licensed treatments lower IOP. However, many patients...
July 11, 2024
Short-term Detection of Fast Progressors in Glaucoma: The Fast Progression Assessment through Clustered Evaluation (Fast-PACE) Study
Purpose: To evaluate the performance of an intensive, clustered testing approach in identifying eyes with rapid glaucoma progression over 6 months...
June 16, 2024
Racial Differences in Diagnostic Accuracy of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
Purpose: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFLT) by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT)...
May 15, 2024
Comparison of intraocular pressure profiles during the water drinking test and the modified diurnal tension curve
Objectives: To compare intraocular pressure (IOP) during the water drinking test (WDT) and modified diurnal tension curve (mDTC) in open-angle...
April 15, 2024
Cost-effectiveness of primary surgical versus primary medical management in the treatment of patients presenting with advanced glaucoma
Synopsis: Advanced glaucoma is associated with sight loss. This within-trial economic evaluation compares medical and surgical management...
March 14, 2024
Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Optical Texture Analysis
PURPOSE: To apply retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) optical texture analysis (ROTA) to investigate the prevalence, patterns, and risk factors of...
February 12, 2024
A multi-cohort genome-wide association study in African ancestry individuals reveals risk loci for primary open-angle glaucoma.
PURPOSE: Glaucoma represents a pressing public health need among African ancestry individuals. This study provides novel insight into the genetic...
January 15, 2024
Validating Trend-Based End Points for Neuroprotection Trials in Glaucoma
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the power of trend-based visual field (VF) progression end points against long-term development...
December 17, 2023
European Glaucoma Society research priorities for glaucoma care
Background/Aims: The goal of health research is to improve patients care and outcomes. Thus, it is essential that research addresses questions that...
November 15, 2023
MERCURY‑3: a randomized comparison of netarsudil/latanoprost and bimatoprost/timolol in open‑angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension
Author(s): Ingeborg Stalmans1,2 · Kin Sheng Lim3 · Francesco Oddone4 · Marek Fichtl5,6 · Jose I. Belda7,8 · Anton Hommer9 · Guna Laganovska10 ·...
October 15, 2023
Intravitreal bevacizumab improves trabeculectomy survival at 12 months: the bevacizumab in trabeculectomy study-a randomised clinical trial
Author(s): John A Landers, Sean Mullany, Jamie E Craig 1 Ophthalmology, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia,...
September 15, 2023
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...
July 30, 2023
Fast Progressors in Glaucoma: Prevalence Based on Global and Central Visual Field Loss
Author(s): Aidan B Jackson (1), Keith R Martin (2), Michael A Coote (1), Felipe A Medeiros (3), Christopher A Girkin (4), Massimo A Fazio (4),...
June 30, 2023
Validation of Rates of Mean Deviation Change as Clinically Relevant End Points for Glaucoma Progression
Author(s): Felipe A Medeiros (1), Alessandro A Jammal (2) 1 Vision, Imaging and Performance Laboratory, Duke Eye Center, Duke University, Durham,...
May 31, 2023
MIND diet lowers risk of open-angle glaucoma: the Rotterdam Study
Author(s): Joëlle E Vergroesen (1,2), Tosca O E de Crom (2), Cornelia M van Duijn (3), Trudy Voortman (2,4), Caroline C W Klaver (1,2,5,6), Wishal...
April 30, 2023
Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Number of Peripapillary OCT Scans Needed to Detect Glaucoma Worsening
Author(s): Chris Bradley (1), Kaihua Hou (2), Patrick Herbert (2), Mathias Unberath (2), Michael V Boland (3), Pradeep Ramulu (4), Jithin Yohannan...
March 01, 2023
Manhattan Vision Screening and Follow-up Study (NYC-SIGHT): Baseline Results and Costs of a Cluster-Randomized Trial
Author(s): Lisa A Hark (1), Jason D Horowitz (2), Prakash Gorroochurn (3), Lisa Park (2), Qing Wang (2), Daniel F Diamond (2), Noga Harizman (2),...
February 28, 2023
Laser in Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension (LiGHT) Trial: Six-Year Results of Primary Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty versus Eye Drops for the Treatment of Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension
Author(s): Gus Gazzard (1), Evgenia Konstantakopoulou (2), David Garway-Heath (3), Mariam Adeleke (4), Victoria Vickerstaff (5), Gareth Ambler (6),...
January 31, 2023