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J Ophthalmic Vis Res 2019 Jan-Mar;14(1):93-96

Department of Ophthalmology, AHEPA Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Purpose: To present a case of bilateral peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK) caused by primary herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) infection resulting in corneal perforation.

Case Report: A 24-year-old man presented at the eye casualty of our clinic, with a 20-day history of severe pain, redness, photophobia, and tearing in both of his eyes. Slit-lamp examination revealed bilateral superior corneal perforation. Read More

Exp Ther Med 2019 Jan 31;17(1):137-146. Epub 2018 Oct 31.

Department of Surgical Specialties, Faculty of General Medicine, 'Iuliu Haţieganu' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

The aim of the study was to identify if there is a connection between the time of administration of alpha-blocker medication and cataract surgery complications. Furthermore, it was explored whether discontinuation of tamsulosin before cataract surgery influences the manifestations of intraoperative floppy iris syndrome in rats. An experimental study was conducted on 20 male Wistar rats aged 1. Read More

Eur J Ophthalmol 2018 Dec 12:1120672118818013. Epub 2018 Dec 12.

1 Department of Ophthalmology, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Background:: To investigate epidemiology, etiology, and outcomes after repair of pediatric open-globe injury.

Methods:: We retrospectively reviewed medical records of patients ⩽18 years who underwent primary open-globe repair.

Results:: A total of 213 patients were identified. Read More

J Cataract Refract Surg 2018 Dec 1;44(12):1469-1477. Epub 2018 Nov 1.

From the Department of Ophthalmology (Moustafa, Borkar, McKay, Lorch, Kloek), Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Retina Service (Borkar), Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Harvard Medical School (Eton), Boston, Massachusetts, and University of Southern California Roski Eye Institute (Koulisis), Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Purpose: To assess the outcomes of resident-performed cataract surgeries with iris challenges and to compare these outcomes with similar surgeries performed by attending surgeons.

Setting: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Design: Retrospective chart review. Read More

J Glaucoma 2018 Oct;27(10):906-909

Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital.

Purpose: To assess the safety and efficacy of CO2 laser-assisted sclerectomy surgery (CLASS) combined with phacoemulsification in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and visually significant cataracts.

Materials And Methods: This was a prospective, uncontrolled, interventional case series. Seventeen patients (17 eyes) diagnosed with POAG and cataracts were enrolled starting from November 2015. Read More

J Cataract Refract Surg 2018 Sep 2;44(9):1103-1108. Epub 2018 Aug 2.

From Silverstein Eye Centers (Silverstein) and the Department of Surgery (Silverstein), Department of Clinical Anatomy (V.K. Rana), Department of Anatomy (Stephens), the Department of Pharmacology (Segars), and Department of Clinical Anatomy (Pankratz), Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Kansas City, Missouri, and Kalamazoo College (S. Rana), Kalamazoo, and the Kresge Eye Institute (Juzych, Nariman), School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Purpose: To determine the effect of phenylephrine 1.0%-ketorolac 0.3% injection (Omidria) on different components of intraoperative floppy-iris syndrome (IFIS). Read More

J Cataract Refract Surg 2018 Jan;44(1):34-38

From the Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA. Electronic address:

Purpose: To examine the outcomes of resident-performed manual small-incision cataract surgery (SICS) in an urban academic setting.

Setting: Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Design: Retrospective case series. Read More

J Ultrasound 2018 Mar 28;21(1):53-59. Epub 2018 Feb 28.

School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Via Circonvallazione 93/95, 62024, Matelica (Macerata), Italy.

Purpose: To describe the association of clinical and ultrasonographic (US) findings in horses affected by visual impairments, to estimate the most frequent ultrasonographic alteration as well importance and limits of US as a part of ophthalmic evaluation in equine patients.

Methods: One-hundred-forty-five horses referred to the Veterinary Teaching Hospitals of the University of Perugia and Camerino for ocular problems were submitted to ophthalmic examination and ocular ultrasound. The following group of abnormalities was established: corneal alteration, cataract, synechiae, iris prolapse, anterior chamber alterations, vitreous opacities, globe reduction, globe enlargement, retinal detachment, lens subluxation/luxation, lens rupture, intraocular masses, retrobulbar masses. Read More

BMC Ophthalmol 2018 Jan 18;18(1):10. Epub 2018 Jan 18.

Ophthalmology department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Limoges, 2, avenue Martin Luther King, Limoges, France.

Background: Pediatric trauma can lead to serious visual impairment as a result of the trauma itself or secondary to amblyopia. Precise data on epidemiological characteristics and visual outcomes of pediatric ocular injuries are valuable for the prevention of monocular blindness.

Methods: A total of 268 cases of pediatric ocular trauma admitted to the Department of Ophthalmology of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Hospital from January 2008 to December 2013 were retrospectively reviewed. Read More

Ophthalmologe 2018 03;115(3):231-234

Augenklinik, Universitätsspital Zürich, Frauenklinikstrasse 24, 8091, Zürich, Schweiz.

A 7-year-old girl presented to the emergency department of the eye clinic with an eyeball perforation with iris prolapse and corneal as well as scleral wounds of the left eye caused by a spinning toy (fidget spinner). A surgical wound inspection with iris reposition and corneal and scleral suture were performed without delay. This case report demonstrates the potential risk of this popular toy. Read More

Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2017 Oct 3;255(10):1947-1955. Epub 2017 Jul 3.

Department of Ophthalmology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.

Purpose: The management of chronic ocular hypotony and complicated proliferative vitreoretinopathy-related retinal detachment represents a challenge. Being non-absorbable and non-biodegradable, a silicone oil implant is expected to restore the volume and the intraocular pressure of the globe, as well as to approximate the detached retina. Further advantages could be a long-term tamponade potential, absence of toxicity, and prevention of silicone oil emulsification or anterior chamber oil-prolapse. Read More

Indian J Ophthalmol 2017 Jun;65(6):538-539

Cornea and Anterior Segment Services, MGM Eye Institute, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.

Clin Anat 2018 Jan 6;31(1):56-59. Epub 2017 Jul 6.

Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Halle (Saale), Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany.

A traumatic wound dehiscence can occur many years after surgery in 2-6% of all keratoplasties. Intraocular tissue prolapse can lead to severe visual loss. Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) leads to higher wound stability because of the intact Descemet membrane. Read More

Harefuah 2016 Sep;155(9):542-546

Bnai-Zion Medical Center.

Introduction: Intraoperative floppy iris syndrome (IFIS) was first described by Chang and Campbell in 2005. The characteristics of this syndrome include: 1. Floppy iris that billows in reaction to intraocular fluid currents during standard phacoemulsification procedure; 2. Read More

Saudi J Ophthalmol 2017 Jan-Mar;31(1):30-37. Epub 2016 Dec 18.

University Centre of Excellence in Research, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, Punjab, India.

Cataract is a principal cause of blindness in the world and is characterized by clouding of eye's natural lens. Surgery is the major therapeutic step taken to cure cataract; however, it is having its own limitations and complications such as iris prolapse, raised IOP, infection, cystoid macular edema and posterior capsular opacification (PCO). So world is looking toward more robust and natural ways to prevent cataract. Read More

Eye Vis (Lond) 2017 16;4. Epub 2017 Mar 16.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China.

Background: To report rapid corneal thinning and perforation in a case with relapsing polychondritis.

Case Presentation: A 43 year-old male diagnosed with relapsing polychondritis suffered from bilateral scleritis, bilateral swelling of pinna, saddle nose and tracheal stenosis. The patient presented with right eye pain and redness for one month. Read More

Case Rep Ophthalmol Med 2016 23;2016:1289834. Epub 2016 Nov 23.

Department of Ophthalmology, Mettapracharak (Wat Rai Khing) Hospital, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.

To report a modified surgical strategy in the management of intraoperative floppy iris syndrome-associated iris prolapse. Prolapsed iris is left as is and a new corneal incision near the original wound but at a different site is created. Depending on the location of the original incision and the surgeon's preference, this additional incision can be used as a new port for phacoemulsification tip or can be the new site for the iris to securely prolapse, allowing for the surgery to proceed safely. Read More

Surv Ophthalmol 2017 Mar - Apr;62(2):127-133. Epub 2016 Oct 15.

Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals and School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.

Positive vitreous pressure occurs during anterior segment intraocular surgery associated with acute hypotony and is characterized by forward displacement of the lens-iris diaphragm with shallowing of the anterior chamber resistant to reformation, repeated iris prolapse, and, in severe cases, zonular rupture and vitreous or lens prolapse that can lead to a cascade of intraoperative complications. Positive vitreous pressure is particularly common during penetrating keratoplasty, conventional nuclear expression cataract extraction, and repair of anterior open-globe injury. Hypotony resulting from aqueous loss leads to elevated vitreous pressure from 3 possible causes: external scleral compression, acute intraocular intumescence, or rarely acutely increased vitreous volume. Read More

Arq Bras Oftalmol 2016 Jul-Aug;79(4):268-9

Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal, Brasilia, DF, Brazil.

We describe an unusual case of acquired anterior staphyloma in a patient addicted to crack cocaine. At the beginning of his crack cocaine abuse, he noticed redness and irritation of his eyes. Over the next 4 months, the patient also noticed the onset of decreasing visual acuity in his right eye (OD). Read More

GMS Ophthalmol Cases 2016 2;6:Doc01. Epub 2016 Feb 2.

Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Pondicherry, India.

Purpose: To report a case of beta-hemolytic streptococcal endophthalmitis following crane-pecking injury.

Case Report: A twelve-year-old boy was brought to us by his father with history of crane beak injury in his right eye. On examination, his vision was 6/24 Snellen's acuity. Read More

J Glaucoma 2016 09;25(9):e802-6

*School of Medicine, University of the Bosque and University of the Sabana †Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of the Andes, Bogota, Colombia.

Purpose Of The Study: The purpose of the study was to determine the feasibility of establishing a derivation between the anterior chamber (AC) and a vortex vein to lower the intraocular pressure (IOP).

Materials And Methods: A derivation between the AC and a vortex vein was performed in 1 eye of 16 albino rabbits, whereas the other eye was kept as the control. Derivations were performed using a Teflon tube with an external diameter of 0. Read More

J Cataract Refract Surg 2016 07;42(7):1060-5

From the Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

Purpose: To study the requirement of additional surgery and adverse events in infants having primary intraocular lens (IOL) implantation.

Setting: Tertiary care institute, Chandigarh, India.

Design: Prospective observational noncomparative case series. Read More

Int Med Case Rep J 2016 7;9:183-5. Epub 2016 Jul 7.

Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, South Korea.

We report, to our best knowledge, the first case of treatment of pupil-occluding postoperative organized hyphema anterior to the intraocular lens (IOL) using neodymium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser. A 78-year-old Asian female underwent uneventful cataract operation. She had been taking aspirin, which she discontinued 1 week before surgery. Read More

Exp Ther Med 2016 Jul 27;12(1):343-346. Epub 2016 Apr 27.

Department of Ophthalmology, First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China.

The present report describes the clinical course and treatment of a Mooren-like ulcer associated with abuse of topical anesthetics and dexamethasone. A 38-year-old male physician treated himself with lidocaine, tetracaine and dexamethasone (DEX) eye drops for severe pain and decline of vision in both eyes. After six months of treatment, his right cornea exhibited annular melting with full-thickness stromal infiltration at the limbus and central corneal haze. Read More

J Ophthalmol 2016 30;2016:8951053. Epub 2016 May 30.

Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China; Key Laboratory of Myopia of State Health Ministry, Shanghai 200031, China; Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration of Shanghai, Shanghai 200031, China.

Purpose. To compare the surgical outcomes of limbal versus pars plana vitrectomy using the 23-gauge microincision system for removal of congenital cataracts with primary intraocular lens implantation. Methods. Read More

Case Rep Ophthalmol 2016 Jan-Apr;7(1):119-24. Epub 2016 Feb 26.

Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital 'Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez', Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon (UANL), Monterrey, Mexico.

Purpose: To report the case of a 50-year-old woman with diabetes that presented with corneal melting and perforation 6 weeks after collagen cross-linking (CxL) for keratoconus (KC) and postoperative use of nepafenac eye drops, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).

Methods: This is a case report of a patient with diabetes, KC and a thin cornea that had undergone left eye corneal CxL at a different hospital followed by postoperative use of nepafenac eye drops for 6 weeks.

Results: The patient presented for the first time to our clinic with left corneal melting, perforation and iris prolapse 6 weeks after corneal CxL and topical nepafenac use. Read More

BMJ Case Rep 2016 Mar 14;2016. Epub 2016 Mar 14.

Centre for Ocular Regeneration, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

Accidental injury with scissors led to an open globe injury with iris prolapse and corneal tissue loss in the right eye of a 15-year-old girl. Attempts to suture the laceration normally, led to persistent aqueous leak, and tight suturing was leading to unacceptable distortion of the corneal contour. In the absence of donor tissue or tissue glue, a bulbar conjunctival pedicle flap was used to augment sutures placed without undue tension, and watertight closure of the globe was achieved. Read More

BMJ Case Rep 2016 Feb 23;2016. Epub 2016 Feb 23.

Department of Ophthalmology, Cipto Mangunkusumo Kirana Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.

A 17-year-old female patient was referred to Kirana Ophthalmology Unit, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, with a 10-day history of redness and swelling of the eyes, and inability to open them. Other symptoms included pain, blurred vision and excessive yellowish-white discharge from both eyes. There was a history of multiple sexual partners. Read More

Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2016 Mar 30;254(3):535-9. Epub 2016 Jan 30.

Department of Ophthalmology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute University, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy.

Purpose: To report on the safety and efficacy of Nd: YAG laser goniopuncture (LGP) for postsurgical intraocular pressure increase after deep sclerectomy (DS) in a consecutive cohort of open-angle glaucoma patients.

Methods: This case series included 56 eyes from 49 consecutive patients who underwent LGP between November 2008 and March 2015. Prior to LGP, patients had undergone DS augmented with mitomycin C and injectable cross-linked hyaluronic acid implant between October 2008 and May 2014. Read More

JAMA Ophthalmol 2016 Jan 14;134(1):e153610. Epub 2016 Jan 14.

Department of Ophthalmology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

Clin Ter 2015 ;166(4):158-61

Ophthalmology Unit, NESMOS Department, Sant'Andrea Hospital.

Objective: Intracameral mydriatics using epinephrine associated with lidocaine have been reported as efficacious in reducing intraoperative floppy iris syndrome (IFIS) complications during cataract surgery. The aim of this study was to verify the efficacy of intracameral epinephrine without intracameral lidocaine as prophylaxis against IFIS in patients on tamsulosin.

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective study on the results of cataract surgery in 18 patients on therapy with tamsulosin. Read More

J Ophthalmol 2015 9;2015:631409. Epub 2015 Jul 9.

Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21529, Egypt.

Purpose. The study aimed at evaluating the patients' characteristics, risk factors, complications, and visual outcome of traumatic wound dehiscence after keratoplasty. Patients and Methods. Read More

Nepal J Ophthalmol 2014 Jul-Dec;6(2):237-9

Pacific Eye Institute, Suva, Fiji.

Introduction: The harmful effect of the herbal medicine to the eye has not been well reported in the literature.

Objective: To report a case of bilateral corneal perforation following the use of traditional herbal medicine treated with conjunctival flap.

Case: A 46-year-old Fijian man initially presented with bilateral conjunctivitis, which was thought to be an allergic response to the use of herbal medicine. Read More

J Glaucoma 2016 Jan;25(1):e29-34

*Department of Ophthalmology, Gazi University, Medical School ‡Department of Ophthalmology, Turgut Özal University, Medical School, Ankara †Erciş State Hospital, Eye Clinic, Van, Turkey.

Purpose: In this prospective study, we aimed to investigate the success and safety of a modified 360-degree suture trabeculotomy (ST) technique in patients with pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (XFG).

Patients And Methods: The modified 360-degree ST was performed on 15 eyes of 15 patients with XFG resistant to maximal topical treatment. In 6 patients, ST was combined with phacoemulsification. Read More

J Cataract Refract Surg 2014 Nov 23;40(11):1930. Epub 2014 Oct 23.

Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg 2014 Jul;20(4):253-7

Department of Ophthalmology, Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, Diyarbakır, Turkey.

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the etiologic and prognostic factors of open eye injuries in geriatric patients in the Southeastern region of Anatolia.

Methods: Forty-five geriatric patients who underwent surgery for an open eye injury in our clinic between the years of 2008 and 2012 were evaluated retrospectively. Age, gender, cause and the mechanism of the trauma, visual acuity (VA), and the time between the trauma and the surgery were obtained from files and evaluated. Read More

Digit J Ophthalmol 2014 8;20(2):32-4. Epub 2014 May 8.

Orbital Oncology & Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery Program, Department of Plastic Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas;

J Cataract Refract Surg 2014 Jul 11;40(7):1061-7. Epub 2014 Jun 11.

From a private practice, Kolkata, India. Electronic address:

Unlabelled: Disposable square and hexagonal Bhattacharjee pupil-expansion rings are made of 5-0 nylon, have notches at the corners, and flanges at the sides in a single 0.1 mm thin plane. To insert the ring, a flange is held with a 23-gauge forceps and the ring is inserted through a 0. Read More

J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2014 Apr;24(4):252-5

Department of Ophthalmology, IIMC-T Pakistan Railways Hospital, Rawalpindi.

Objective: To determine the intraoperative and early postoperative complications of manual sutureless cataract extraction.

Study Design: Case series.

Place And Duration Of Study: Redo Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from January 2009 to December 2010. Read More

Eye (Lond) 2014 Jun 21;28(6):771-2. Epub 2014 Mar 21.

Department of Ophthalmology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK.

Indian J Ophthalmol 2014 Feb;62(2):251-4

Cornea and Anterior Segment Services, Sanjivni Eye Care, Model Town, Ambala, Haryana, India.

We performed endothelial keratoplasty (EK) in three eyes of two siblings (2.5 years, male and 3.5 years, female) with congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy (CHED) and report the intraoperative and postoperative difficulties. Read More

Am J Ophthalmol 2014 Jun 1;157(6):1130-1135.e1. Epub 2014 Mar 1.

Department of Defense/Veterans Affairs Vision Center of Excellence, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.

Purpose: To estimate the prevalence of untoward events during cataract surgery with the use of pupillary expansion devices and intraoperative floppy iris (IFIS).

Design: Retrospective analysis of 4923 cataract surgery cases from the Veterans Affairs Ophthalmic Surgical Outcomes Data Project.

Methods: Outcomes from 5 Veterans Affairs medical centers were analyzed, including use of alpha-blockers (both selective and nonselective), IFIS, intraoperative iris trauma, intraoperative iris prolapse, posterior capsular tear, anterior capsule tear, intraoperative vitreous prolapse, and use of pupillary expansion devices. Read More

Br J Ophthalmol 2014 May 11;98(5):664-8. Epub 2014 Feb 11.

Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Graz, , Graz, Austria.

Background/aims: To assess the predictive value and the applicability of Ocular Trauma Score (OTS) for paediatric injuries.

Methods: Retrospective case series of 71 open globe injuries in children less than 18 years of age with a minimum follow-up period of 1 year. The variables of the OTS, the Paediatric Penetrating OTS (POTS), lens injuries and anterior versus posterior segment injuries were analysed for their predictive values in terms of visual outcome. Read More

Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2014 Jan 29(1):CD008812. Epub 2014 Jan 29.

Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford, UK.

Background: Age-related cataract is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide. Therefore, it is important to establish the most effective surgical technique for cataract surgery.

Objectives: The aim of this review is to examine the effects of two types of cataract surgery for age-related cataract: phacoemulsification and extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE). Read More

Ophthalmology 2014 Apr 4;121(4):829-34. Epub 2013 Dec 4.

Department of Ophthalmology, Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France.

Objective: To determine whether severe intraoperative floppy iris syndrome (IFIS) is more or equally likely with tamsulosin or alfuzosin.

Design: Prospective, masked, multicenter, cross-sectional study.

Participants And Controls: Consecutive patients taking systemic tamsulosin or alfuzosin and scheduled for routine cataract surgery (case group) and patients with no history of systemic α1-antagonists scheduled for routine cataract surgery (control group). Read More

Can Vet J 2013 Nov;54(11):1089-90

Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4.

Acta Ophthalmol 2014 Sep 26;92(6):535-40. Epub 2013 Jul 26.

Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, PolandDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration, Lodz, Poland.

Purpose:   To compare 2% sub-Tenon and 1% intra-cameral lidocaine for cataract surgery in relation to the incidence and severity of IFIS. Prospective randomized clinical study.

Methods:   From 81 eligible, we included 71 men aged from 59 to 90 years (mean 76. Read More

Cesk Slov Oftalmol 2013 Mar;69(1):3-7

Edwards S. Harkness Institute of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.

Introduction: Successful non-perforating trabeculectomy (NPT) results in filtration of aqueous humor out of the anterior chamber and into a filtration bleb, without surgical excision of tissue from the anterior chamber angle, and without penetration into the anterior chamber. The complications of perforating trabeculectomy, due to early postoperative hypotony (shallow anterior chamber, hyphema, macular folds, suprachoroidal effusion, and ciliochoroidal hemorrhage) (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) are regarded by many surgeons as significant risks. Nonperforating surgery has been reported to reduce the incidence of early hypotony-related complications (10), because it has the advantage of creating gradual filtration of aqueous humor, through a thin trabeculodescemetic membrane (TDM), which markedly reduces postoperative complications seen after a conventional trabeculectomy (11), and also has been reported to provide better long-term intraocular pressure (IOP) control (12, 13). Read More

Am J Med 2013 Aug 22;126(8):670-8. Epub 2013 Jun 22.

Aurora Cardiovascular Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Centers, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee, WI, USA.

Aortic root and ascending aortic dilatation are indicators associated with risk of aortic dissection, which varies according to underlying etiologic associations, indexed aortic root size, and rate of progression. Typical aortic involvement is most commonly seen in syndromic cases for which there is increasing evidence that aortic aneurysm represents a spectrum of familial inheritance associated with variable genetic penetrance and phenotypic expression. Aortic root and ascending aortic dimensions should be measured routinely with echocardiography. Read More

Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol 2013 Jun 17;88(6):207-15. Epub 2013 Apr 17.

Hospital de S. Sebastião, Centro Hospitalar Entre-Douro-e-Vouga, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal.

Purpose: To study the efficacy and the safety of ultrasound biomicroscopy assisted canaloplasty in the treatment of open-angle glaucoma (OAG) METHODS: A prospective study of uncontrolled open-angle glaucoma patients, or patients with cataracts associated with controlled or uncontrolled OAG under maximal medical therapy who had been subjected to canaloplasty alone or combined with cataract surgery, respectively. Complications, Goldmann intraocular pressure (IOP) and mean number of drugs (ND) were evaluated at 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, and every 3 months.

Results: Thirty five surgeries were performed (11 canaloplasties, 24 phaco-canaloplasties). Read More