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Ophthalmologe 2019 Apr 17. Epub 2019 Apr 17.

Klinik für Augenheilkunde, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen, Deutschland.

Background: Sutured scleral fixation of an artificial posterior chamber lens is a frequently used method for the treatment of eyes with poor or absent capsular support; however, the complication profile is often considered unfavorable.

Objective: To analyze the postoperative complication profile.

Methods: In this monocentric and retrospective analysis of a consecutive case series of patients with standardized sutured scleral fixation of a posterior chamber lens between 2007 and 2017, the documented complications were categorized as a permanent threat to visual acuity, such as endophthalmitis, choroidal hemorrhage, retinal detachment and clinically relevant but without a permanent threat to visual acuity, such as hemorrhage and hypotension. Read More

Br J Sports Med 2019 Apr 15. Epub 2019 Apr 15.

Department of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

Objectives: To describe ocular injuries caused by badminton and to explore the implications for future prevention strategies.

Methods: We enrolled 85 patients with ocular trauma caused by badminton. Information collected from patients included type of game, instigator, instrument of injury and lessons in badminton from a professional, and ocular trauma information such as type of injury, treatment and final outcomes. Read More

Ophthalmol Retina 2019 Jan 25;3(1):53-60. Epub 2018 Aug 25.

Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Purpose: To investigate the visual outcomes of patients with traumatic maculopathy and massive subretinal hemorrhage (SRH) after closed-globe injury.

Design: Retrospective, noncomparative, and interventional case series.

Participants: Twenty-four patients with traumatic maculopathy and massive SRH after closed-globe injury. Read More

J Glaucoma 2019 Mar 28. Epub 2019 Mar 28.

Ophthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University.

Purpose: Subscleral trabeculectomy is the most common surgical treatment for glaucoma. However, wound healing and scar formation may result in bleb fibrosis, leading to bleb failure. The healing response of the wound is reported to be the single most important risk factor in determining the final intraocular pressure after glaucoma filtration surgery. Read More

Eye Vis (Lond) 2019 12;6. Epub 2019 Mar 12.

1St. Johannes Hospital, Eye clinic, Dortmund, Germany.

Background: The aim of this study is to review the outcomes of canaloplasty versus canaloplasty combined with phacoemulsification in a retrospective cohort study and to evaluate the efficacy of these methods in terms of intraocular pressure (IOP) lowering effect, postoperative complications and additional glaucoma surgery or reintroduction of medical therapy over a 12-month follow-up.

Methods: In a retrospective cohort study, 602 eyes with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) were treated with canaloplasty or canaloplasty combined with phacoemulsification. The results were evaluated separately in two main groups; group A canaloplasty (262 eyes) and group B canaloplasty combined with phaco (322 eyes). Read More

Indian J Ophthalmol 2019 Apr;67(4):515-519

Department of Ophthalmology, Ningbo Eye Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of cyclophotocoagulation with an illuminated laser probe under a noncontact wide-angle retinoscope in treating refractory glaucoma.

Methods: Eleven patients (11 eyes) with refractory neovascular glaucoma were treated with ciliary body photocoagulation. Preoperative and postoperative corrected visual acuity, intraocular pressure (IOP), ophthalmofundoscopy, B-ultrasound and ultrasound biomicroscopy, optical coherence tomography, and fundus fluorescein angiography were performed. Read More

Indian J Ophthalmol 2019 Apr;67(4):509-514

Glaucoma Unit, Shri Ganesh Vinayak Eye Hospital, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.

Purpose: To report the incidence, modes of injury, treatment, and short-term outcomes in eyes with post-traumatic elevated intraocular pressure (IOP).

Methods: This was a 5-year hospital-based retrospective study of children ≤16 years who presented with open (OGI) or closed globe injury (CGI) and developed elevated IOP >21 mmHg. Those with a minimum follow up of 3 months were included. Read More

Indian J Ophthalmol 2019 Apr;67(4):505-508

Kaçkar State Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Rize, Turkey.

Purpose: To evaluate the success, safety, and complication rates of gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy (GATT) combined with cataract surgery.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted for 32 patients who underwent GATT combined with phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation. Patients with primary open-angle glaucoma were enrolled. Read More

J Fr Ophtalmol 2019 Apr 14;42(4):391-403. Epub 2019 Mar 14.

Service d'ophtalmologie, centre hospitalier national d'ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, 28, rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris, France; Service d'ophtalmologie, université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, hôpital Ambroise-Paré, AP-HP, 9, avenue Charles-De-Gaulle, 92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France; Inserm, U968, université UPMC Paris VI, UMR S 968, institut de la vision , CNRS, UMR 7210, 75012 Paris, France. Electronic address:

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the change in intraocular pressure (IOP) and glaucoma medications using the XEN Gel Stent as a solo procedure or in association with phacoemulsification in patients with chronic open angle glaucoma (OAG).

Methods: We included cohort studies with at least one year of follow-up in patients with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), pseudo-exfoliative glaucoma (PXG) or pigmentary glaucoma (PG) who received a XEN® gel stent. The main outcome measure was IOP reduction at 12 months follow-up. Read More

BMC Ophthalmol 2019 Mar 12;19(1):75. Epub 2019 Mar 12.

Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan.

Background: The objective of this study is to evaluate and compare the short-term efficacy and safety of Ex-PRESS® mini shunt surgery and trabeculectomy for neovascular glaucoma (NVG).

Methods: Patients with NVG who underwent Ex-PRESS® mini shunt surgery or trabeculectomy as a primary glaucoma surgery between March 2013 and October 2015 were included in the study, and their medical charts were retrospectively reviewed. The Ex-PRESS® and trabeculectomy groups included 14 eyes and 30 eyes, respectively. Read More

Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2019 03 10;3:CD012223. Epub 2019 Mar 10.

Stein Eye Institute, UCLA, 100 Stein Plaza, Los Angeles, California, USA, 90095.

Background: Cyclodestructive procedures are often used in patients with refractory glaucoma who have failed to achieve lower intraocular pressure (IOP) from filtration procedures and maximal medical therapy. Destruction of the ciliary body helps to lower IOP by reducing aqueous humor formation. Of the many types of cyclodestructive procedures, laser cyclophotocoagulation (CPC) has become the most common surgical method for reducing aqueous inflow. Read More

Adv Ther 2019 Apr 28;36(4):976-986. Epub 2019 Feb 28.

Department of Ophthalmology, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of combined iStent® trabecular micro-bypass device (Glaukos, Laguna Hills, CA) and phacoemulsification in eyes with primary angle closure disease.

Methods: A two-center prospective interventional case series of consecutive patients with primary angle closure (PAC) or primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) on at least one glaucoma medication, who underwent iStent implantation with cataract surgery. Postoperatively, patients were assessed on days 1 and 7, and months 1, 3, 6, and 12. Read More

Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2019 Apr 27;236(4):581-583. Epub 2019 Feb 27.

Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, Hôpital Ophtalmique Jules-Gonin, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Indian J Ophthalmol 2019 Mar;67(3):350-357

Department of Ocular Tumor, Orbital Disease and Ophthalmic Radiation Therapy, The New York Eye Cancer Center, New York City, New York, USA.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe the clinical characteristics, multimodality imaging findings, and clinical course of iris varices.

Methods: Retrospective, noncomparative, observational case series of 28 eyes of 26 patients with iris varices, diagnosed between 2007 and 2017, has been used.

Results: The mean (±SD) age was 58. Read More

Vet Ophthalmol 2019 Feb 4. Epub 2019 Feb 4.

Department of Pathological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.

Purpose: To describe the clinical and histopathologic features secondary to ocular and periocular snakebites in dogs requiring enucleation.

Methods: Retrospective review of patients with recorded snakebite envenomation from the archives of the Comparative Ocular Pathology Laboratory of Wisconsin (COPLOW) and Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (1997-2017). The cases included in this study required witnessed snakebites to the dog by the owner, clinical signs supportive of periocular or ocular envenomation, and/or histopathologic lesions compatible with snakebites. Read More

J Fr Ophtalmol 2019 Feb 22;42(2):e37-e46. Epub 2019 Jan 22.

Service d'ophtalmologie, centre hospitalier national d'ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, IHU ForeSight, , 28, rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris, France; Service d'ophtalmologie, hôpital Ambroise-Paré, université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, AP-HP, 9, avenue Charles-De-Gaulle, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France; Inserm, U968, université UPMC Paris VI, UMR S 968, institut de la vision, CNRS, UMR 7210, 75012 Paris, France. Electronic address:

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the change in intraocular pressure (IOP) and glaucoma medications using the XEN Gel Stent as a solo procedure or in association with phacoemulsification in patients with chronic open angle glaucoma (OAG).

Methods: We included cohort studies with at least one year of follow-up in patients with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), pseudo-exfoliative glaucoma (PXG) or pigmentary glaucoma (PG) who received a XEN gel stent. The main outcome measure was IOP reduction at 12 months follow-up. Read More

Indian J Ophthalmol 2019 Feb;67(2):285-287

Glaucoma Research and Clinical Facility, Department of Ophthalmology, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

A 45-year-old diabetic male, with diabetic retinopathy and medically uncontrolled neovascular glaucoma (NVG) underwent intracameral bevacizumab followed by trabeculectomy, with controlled intraocular pressures (IOP) post-operatively, OD: 12 mmHg; OS: 14 mmHg. Patient was referred to hematology, where he was diagnosed as chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and started on imatinib mesylate. Thereafter, he presented with recurrence of neovascularization and vascularization of the bleb along with OS vitreous hemorrhage at 6 weeks follow-up. Read More

Clin Ophthalmol 2019 11;13:161-168. Epub 2019 Jan 11.

University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of microinvasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) with 360° ab-interno trabeculotomy using the TRAB360 device as a stand-alone procedure in patients with refractory primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and preoperative IOP ≥18 mmHg.

Setting: This study evaluated patients treated in a tertiary-referral clinical practice setting.

Design: This study is a retrospective analysis of 81 eyes. Read More

Ophthalmologe 2019 Jan 14. Epub 2019 Jan 14.

Klinik für Augenheilkunde, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075, Göttingen, Deutschland.

The Kahook Dual Blade (New World Medical, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA) is a novel goniotomy instrument for opening Schlemm's canal. Performing the procedure is comparable to the Trabectome (Neomedix, Tustin, CA, USA) under gonioscopic control with the major difference that the trabeculectomy is created by a dual blade instead of electroablation. The currently available clinical data are limited to a small number of retrospective studies with ≤1 year of follow-up. Read More

Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2019 01 14;1:CD005431. Epub 2019 Jan 14.

Department of Special Surgery-Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Jordan, P.O. Box 13046, Amman, Jordan.

Background: Traumatic hyphema is the entry of blood into the anterior chamber (the space between the cornea and iris) subsequent to a blow or a projectile striking the eye. Hyphema uncommonly causes permanent loss of vision. Associated trauma (e. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Jan;98(2):e13891

Department of Ophthalmology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Rationale: Uveitis-glaucoma-hyphema (UGH) syndrome could be identified by conventional ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) and B-ultrasonography, but failed in some untypical cases. We introduced a novel application of B-ultrasonography in diagnosis of UGH syndrome in a rare case.

Patient Concerns: A 60-year-old woman was referred for distending pain with blurred vision for more than 1 month in the right eye after cataract surgery. Read More

Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2019 Apr 4;257(4):799-804. Epub 2019 Jan 4.

Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey.

Purpose: This study compared the efficacy and safety of Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implantation versus suprachoroidal silicone tube (SST) implantation after the injection of bevacizumab into the anterior chamber in patients with neovascular glaucoma.

Methods: Patients were randomly assigned to undergo AGV or SST implantation. Bevacizumab was injected into the anterior chamber at a dosage of 1. Read More

Turk J Ophthalmol 2018 Dec;48(6):299-303

Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Opthalmology, Ankara, Turkey

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of transscleral cyclophotocoagulation (TS-CPC) limited to 180° of ciliary body ablation in patients with various forms of refractory glaucoma.

Materials And Methods: Thirty eyes with refractory glaucoma treated with 180° TS-CPC were retrospectively analyzed for intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction and success rates. Patients’ age, gender, type of glaucoma, number of diode laser treatment sessions, postoperative complications, number of hypotensive medications required to control IOP, and best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) were evaluated. Read More

BMC Ophthalmol 2018 Dec 17;18(1):327. Epub 2018 Dec 17.

Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University, 83 Fenyang Rd, Shanghai, 200031, People's Republic of China.

Background: We present a case of intrusion of a suture knot 15 years after scleral buckling surgery.

Case Presentation: A 62-year-old woman with high myopia had undergone scleral buckling surgery in her left eye 15 years previously for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. She recently displayed highly elevated intraocular pressure, with hyphema and vitreous hemorrhage. Read More

Eye (Lond) 2019 Apr 5;33(4):653-658. Epub 2018 Dec 5.

Department of Ophthalmology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel.

Purpose: To assess Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) without performing a peripheral iridotomy (PI) prior to or during surgery ("PI-less DMEK").

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study included consecutive patients that underwent PI-less DMEK by a single surgeon (E.L) between February 2016 and February 2017 at the Rabin Medical Center, a Tertiary Hospital. Read More

Eur J Ophthalmol 2018 Nov 26:1120672118815066. Epub 2018 Nov 26.

Hospital Sao Geraldo, HC-Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Objective:: To assess the feasibility of a novel surgical technique in painful blind eyes.

Design:: A prospective safety study conducted at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Participants/samples:: A total of 15 end-stage glaucomatous eyes without light perception vision. Read More

J Curr Glaucoma Pract 2018 May-Aug;12(2):67-84. Epub 2018 Aug 1.

Ophthalmologist, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

Aim: This meta-analysis explores the efficacy and adverse event profile of the iStent, an ab interno implant for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma.

Methods: A systematic literature search of Ovid MEDLINE and EMBASE was used to identify peer-reviewed original studies that provided efficacy data on the first or second generation iStent for at least five eyes. Intraocular pressure (IOP) was the primary efficacy endpoint, while the number of medication classes was the secondary outcome. Read More

Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila) 2019 Jan-Feb;8(1):30-35. Epub 2018 Oct 30.

Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Purpose: To describe outcomes of 6 patients treated with plaque radiotherapy for medulloepithelioma.

Design: Retrospective review.

Methods: Computerized medical records were reviewed for patients with cytopathologically confirmed medulloepithelioma and treated with plaque radiotherapy from January 1970 to December 2017. Read More

Can J Ophthalmol 2018 10 27;53(5):e213-e214. Epub 2018 Apr 27.

Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, Mich.; Associates In Ophthalmology, Farmington Hills, Mich. Electronic address:

Eye (Lond) 2019 03 18;33(3):464-468. Epub 2018 Oct 18.

Department of Ophthalmology, Army Hospital (Research and Referral), Delhi Cantt, New Delhi, 110010, India.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Ahmed valve implantation in childhood glaucoma associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS).

Methods: A retrospective chart review of patients who underwent primary Ahmed valve implantation in childhood glaucoma associated with SWS. The outcome measures were success rate (Intraocular pressure (IOP) >5 and <21 mm Hg without additional surgical maneuver), and operative complications. Read More

Acta Ophthalmol 2018 Oct 8. Epub 2018 Oct 8.

Vitreoretinal Surgery Unit, Department of Ophthalmology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.

Purpose: To examine the clinical outcomes of intraocular lens (IOL) scleral fixation with the friction knot technique.

Methods: Retrospective case series of 152 eyes of 152 patients with inadequate capsular bag support operated with the friction knot IOL scleral fixation technique by a single surgeon. The fixated IOLs were one-piece or three-piece models all with open loop haptics. Read More

Saudi J Ophthalmol 2018 Jul-Sep;32(3):180-187. Epub 2018 Mar 15.

Donostia University Hospital - Hospital Universitario Donostia, 117 Beguiristain Street, San Sebastian 20080, Spain.

Purpose: To analyze the surgical outcomes and complication rates in a group of patients with refractory glaucoma who underwent simultaneous pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and PC7 or PC8 Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implantation.

Methods: Retrospective case series study of 10 eyes in 9 patients with secondary glaucoma, refractory to other treatment, who underwent 23G-PPV and implantation of PC7 or PC8 AGV between 2012 and 2014. Study variables were postoperative BCVA, IOP and the number of glaucoma medications, which were evaluated preoperatively and at 1 day, 1 week and 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after the surgical intervention. Read More

BMJ Case Rep 2018 Sep 5;2018. Epub 2018 Sep 5.

Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University, Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia.

We report a case of a 70-year-old farmer admitted for viper bite who presented with bilateral hyphema and angle closure attack. He was managed conservatively with topical steroids and cycloplegics. He responded well and was discharged after 2 weeks. Read More

Eur J Ophthalmol 2018 Aug 27:1120672118795063. Epub 2018 Aug 27.

Department of Ophthalmology, San Pedro Hospital, Logroño, Spain.

Purpose: To evaluate the intraocular pressure-lowering effect, the safety profile, and the success rate of the XEN45 Gel Stent (Allergan, Dublin, Ireland) in patients with pseudoexfoliative glaucoma.

Methods: Retrospective study conducted on patients with pseudoexfoliative glaucoma, with or without cataract, who underwent XEN45 implantation surgery with subconjunctival mitomycin-C and had a minimum postoperative follow-up period of 12 months. The primary outcome measure was intraocular pressure reduction at 1 year as compared to baseline. Read More

Am J Ophthalmol 2018 Dec 15;196:18-25. Epub 2018 Aug 15.

Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Electronic address:

Purpose: To describe the clinical and imaging findings and treatment options in a series of patients with iris microhemangiomatosis.

Design: Retrospective observational case series.

Methods: Setting: Single institution. Read More

Am J Ophthalmol 2018 Oct 24;194:153-162. Epub 2018 Jul 24.

Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom. Electronic address:

Purpose: To evaluate the standards of harm reporting for glaucoma surgical trials and to develop a classification system for reporting surgical complication severity.

Design: Systematic review and Delphi consensus method.

Methods: Systematic review of glaucoma surgical trials published from January 2010 until July 2017 with a quality assessment against the CONSORT checklist for harm. Read More

Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep 2018 Sep 19;11:1-2. Epub 2018 Apr 19.

Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.

The Uveitis Glaucoma Hyphema (UGH) syndrome is a triad that in the new era of phacoemulsification cataract surgeries is considered uncommon. One of the risk factor for this complication is implant a one piece intra ocular lens in the anterior chamber. We present a case of one piece intraocular lens that was implanted in the anterior chamber and caused to UGH. Read More

J Glaucoma 2018 Oct;27(10):849-855

Glaucoma Research Center, Montchoisi Clinic, Swiss Vision Network, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to describe short-term efficacy and safety of goniotomy with trabecular meshwork excision using the Kahook Dual Blade (KDB, New World Medical Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, CA) in patients with severe or refractory glaucoma.

Method: Retrospective multicentric case series of 53 eyes with severe or refractory glaucoma as defined by ICD-10 conducted in the United States, Mexico, and Switzerland. Read More

J Glaucoma 2018 Jul;27(7):572-577

Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz.

Purpose: To determine feasibility, efficacy, and safety of ab externo 360-degree trabeculotomy with illuminated microcatheter for congenital glaucoma.

Patients And Methods: The postoperative results of 36 eyes in 23 consecutive patients who underwent 360-degree trabeculotomy for primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) or secondary congenital glaucoma using an illuminated microcatheter were retrospectively analyzed. Success criteria were defined as intraocular pressure (IOP) ≤18 mm Hg without (complete success) and with medication (qualified success). Read More

Vestn Oftalmol 2018;134(3):28-34

National Ophthalmology Center named after Zarifa Aliyeva, 32/15 Javadhan St., Baku, Azerbaijan, 1114.

Purpose: To assess the safety and efficacy of phaco-canaloplasty in patients with concomitant advanced pseudoexfoliation glaucoma and cataract.

Material And Methods: The study included 56 patients (57 eyes) who underwent phacoanaloplasty guided by Glaucolight microcatheter. All patients were followed up for 48 months. Read More

Int Ophthalmol 2018 Jun 26. Epub 2018 Jun 26.

Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Mickevičiaus g. 9, 44307, Kaunas, Lithuania.

Purpose: To report a series of cases and microsurgical management of rarely occurring uveitis-glaucoma-hyphema (UGH) syndrome in patients with single-piece acrylic intraocular lens (IOL) placed in the capsular bag.

Methods: It was a series of patients with UGH syndrome induced by posterior chamber IOL/capsular bag complex instability (pseudophakodonesis), who underwent IOL fixation to the iris. Visual acuity, intraocular pressure, number of glaucoma medications and IOL status (position) were recorded by the same protocol before and 6 months after the surgical treatment. Read More

J Glaucoma 2018 Aug;27(8):733-738

Departments of Ophthalmology.

Purpose: There is a lack of long-term Asian studies on the efficacy and safety of Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implantation. This study seeks to determine the outcomes and complications of AGV implantation in Asians.

Methods: A retrospective review of AGV surgeries performed at a single center in Singapore was conducted. Read More

J Ophthalmol 2018 10;2018:9572805. Epub 2018 May 10.

Haydarpaşa Numune Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

Purpose: To evaluate the outcomes of Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implantation in vitrectomized eyes.

Materials And Methods: The medical records of 13 eyes that developed glaucoma due to emulsified silicon oil or neovascularization following pars plana vitrectomy and underwent AGV implantation were retrospectively reviewed. The main outcome measures were intraocular pressure (IOP), best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), number of antiglaucoma medications, and postoperative complications. Read More

J Cataract Refract Surg 2018 May 8;44(5):603-609. Epub 2018 May 8.

From the John A. Moran Eye Center (Byrd, Young, Tate, Crandall, Owen) and the Division of Epidemiology (Liu, Zhang), University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Electronic address:

Purpose: To report the long-term outcomes of transscleral fixation of capsular tension rings (CTR) with intraocular lens (IOL) placement in pediatric patients with ectopia lentis.

Setting: John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Read More

Curr Eye Res 2018 08 4;43(8):1045-1051. Epub 2018 May 4.

a The Eye Hospital, School of Ophthalmology and Optometry , Wenzhou Medical University , Wenzhou , China.

Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility, efficacy, and safety of Ex-PRESS implantation combined with phacoemulsification surgery in primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) with cataract.

Materials And Methods: This is a prospective, nonrandomized study. A total of 34 eyes of 34 subjects were enrolled. Read More

Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2018 04 25;4:CD009313. Epub 2018 Apr 25.

Ophthalmology, Fondazione G.B. Bietti per lo studio e la ricerca in Oftalmolologia-IRCCS, Via Livenza n 3, Rome, Italy, 00198.

Background: Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness worldwide. It results in a progressive loss of peripheral vision and, in late stages, loss of central vision leading to blindness. Early treatment of glaucoma aims to prevent or delay vision loss. Read More

J Ophthalmol 2018 25;2018:2347593. Epub 2018 Feb 25.

Department of Ophthalmology, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.

Purpose: To compare phacocanaloplasty (PC) and phaco-non-penetrating deep sclerectomy (PDS).

Methods: 75 patients with uncontrolled glaucoma and cataract were randomized for PC (37 eyes) or PDS (38 eyes). Intraocular pressure (IOP) and number of medications (meds) were prospectively evaluated. Read More

Case Rep Ophthalmol 2018 Jan-Apr;9(1):243-247. Epub 2018 Mar 28.

Department of Ophthalmology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan.

Purpose: We report a case of topical corticosteroid treatment-resolved rubeosis iridis with neovascular glaucoma (NVG) caused by noninfectious granulomatous uveitis.

Case Report: A 61-year-old woman with left ocular pain and blurred vision was referred to our department. Visual acuity and intraocular pressure (IOP) were 20/60 and 37 mm Hg in the left eye, respectively. Read More

Int J Ophthalmol 2018 18;11(4):674-680. Epub 2018 Apr 18.

Community and Public Health Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.

Aim: To analyze childhood glaucoma regarding its demographics, presentations, different causes and surgical modalities used among patients in Dakahelia and to apply the Childhood Glaucoma Research Network (CGRN) classification retrospectively to evaluate its convenience.

Methods: A retrospective study in which the medical files of all glaucoma patients <16 years old presented to Mansoura Ophthalmic Center, Mansoura University from 2014 to 2017, were retrieved and analyzed. Collected data included: age, gender, laterality, visual acuity (VA), refraction, intraocular pressure (IOP), corneal diameter, cup-disc ratio, types and number of surgeries and antiglaucomatous drugs (AGD) at the first and last visit. Read More

Am J Ophthalmol 2018 Jun 9;190:191-196. Epub 2018 Apr 9.

Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom; UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address:

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of supraciliary stenting following failed glaucoma surgery.

Design: Interventional case series.

Methods: Setting: Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom. Read More