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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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Longitudinal Changes in Macular Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Metrics in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma With High Myopia: A Prospective Study
Author(s): Fengbin Lin (1), Fei Li (1), Kai Gao (1), Wanbing He (1), Jun Zeng (1), Yu Chen (1), Meiling Chen (1), Weijing Cheng (1), Yunhe Song...
February 28, 2021
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Visual Field Progression
Pearls Manager: Andrew Tatham Visual field progression analyses may be event or trend-based. Trend analyses quantify rate of progression, usually...
February 21, 2021
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Anxiety associated with glaucoma
Pearls Manager: Andrew Tatham Diagnosis with glaucoma is a moment of anxiety for patients that can be mitigated by provision of timely support and...
February 20, 2021
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In glaucoma patients with anterior uveitis using brimonidine, one must consider `brimonidine-associated uveitis` to avoid misdiagnosis and over-treatment
Raised intraocular pressure (IOP) and secondary glaucoma due to underlying uveitis is a well-acknowledged phenomenon (1). The clinician should...
January 31, 2021
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
Peripapillary sclera exhibits a v-shaped configuration that is more pronounced in glaucoma eyes
Author(s): Xiaofei Wang (1), Tin A Tun (2,3), Monisha Esther Nongpiur (3,4), Hla M Htoon (3), Yih Chung Tham (3), Nicholas G Strouthidis (5,6), Tin...
January 31, 2021
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Anterior chamber angle imaging cannot replace gonioscopy
Pearls Manager: Andrew Tatham Anterior chamber angle imaging devices can be useful to identify the iris configuration of a narrow angle, to assess...
January 30, 2021
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Glaucoma associated with retinal detachment
Pearls Manager: Andrew Tatham Retinal detachment is usually associated with reduction of intraocular pressure (IOP) but long standing retinal...
January 30, 2021
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The side effects of timolol and other beta-adrenergic antagonists on the cardiovascular and pulmonary system in predisposed patients should not be underestimated
Since 1976 beta-adrenergic antagonists have established their role in the effective lowering of the intraocular pressure. The potential side...
December 31, 2020
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
Metabolomic profiling of aqueous humor from glaucoma patients - The metabolomics in surgical ophthalmological patients (MISO) study
Author(s): João Barbosa Breda (1), Anca Croitor Sava (2), Uwe Himmelreich (2), Alix Somers (3), Christophe Matthys (4), Amândio Rocha Sousa (5),...
December 31, 2020
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The Mont Blanc Study: The effect of altitude on intra ocular pressure and central corneal thickness
Author(s): Carlo Bruttini (1), Alice Verticchio Vercellin (1,2,3), Catherine Klersy (4), Annalisa De Silvestri (4), Carmine Tinelli (4), Ivano Riva...
December 30, 2020
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Optical coherence tomography for glaucoma diagnosis
Pearls Manager: Andrew Tatham Optical coherence tomography (OCT) on its own does not provide a clinical diagnosis of glaucoma, just a statistical...
December 30, 2020
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Trabecular meshwork bypass surgery should be avoided if high episcleral venous pressure is suspected
The intraocular pressure lowering effect of procedures that attempt to enhance flow of aqueous into Schlemm’s canal by bypassing or cutting the...
November 30, 2020
Neuroprotection SIG
SIG Corner Editor: João Barbosa Breda Chair: Francesca Cordeiro Co-chair: Miriam Kolko The goal of this SIG is to increase ophthalmologists’...
November 30, 2020
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Minimally invasive and micro incisional glaucoma surgery
Pearls Manager: Andrew Tatham Surgical procedures that entail less tissue manipulation with the expectation of a better safety profile and quicker...
November 30, 2020
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Haemodialysis can cause an acute rise in intraocular pressure
Haemodialysis (HD) can reportedly induce a sudden rise in intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with neovascular (NVG) (1) and pseudo-exfoliative...
October 31, 2020
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
Lamina Cribrosa Capillaries Straighten as Intraocular Pressure Increases
Author(s): Bryn L Brazile (1), Bin Yang (1,2), Susannah Waxman (1) , Po Lam (1), Andrew P Voorhees (1), Yi Hua (1), Ralitsa T Loewen (1), Nils A...
October 31, 2020
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Malignant glaucoma
Pearls Manager: Andrew Tatham Malignant glaucoma or aqueous misdirection is a rare type of secondary angle closure glaucoma most commonly...
October 20, 2020
Angle Closure - Relevant breakthroughs in this field
2.1 Should laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI) be performed in primary angle-closure suspect (PACS) patients? Last year we covered the EAGLE and ZAP...
October 01, 2020
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Glaucoma progression: watch out the fellow, non-progressing eye
In clinical practice, the detection of visual field progression in one eye usually leads to management modifications in that eye. Less attention is...
September 30, 2020
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
Association of Glaucoma Risk Genes with Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer in a Multi-ethnic Asian Population: The Singapore Epidemiology of Eye Diseases Study
Author(s): Xiaoran Chai (1,2,3), Kok Yao Low (1,4), Yih Chung Tham (1), Miao Li Chee (1), Sahil Thakur (1), Liang Zhang (1), Nicholas Y Tan (1),...
September 30, 2020
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Mutations in SPATA13/ASEF2 Cause Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma
Author(s): Naushin H Waseem (1), Sancy Low (2,3,4), Amna Z Shah (3), Deepa Avisetti (5), Pia Ostergaard (6), Michael Simpson (7), Katarzyna A...
September 30, 2020