Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · September 1, 2024
PRCIS: About one-fourth of survey respondents from an ASCRS database initiate treatment for primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) with laser trabeculoplasty. Factors impacting physicians' choice of laser versus topical treatment for POAG were explored. PURPOS ...
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Journal ArticleJ Clin Med · August 6, 2024
Background: To report the surgical safety of reinforced bio-interventional cyclodialysis with scleral allograft reinforcement. Methods: This was a consecutive case series of 243 eyes with open-angle glaucoma who underwent a bio-scaffolded cyclodialysis (BS ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · June 1, 2024
PRCIS: In this retrospective study of glaucoma patients receiving the bimatoprost implant at Duke Eye Center, the number of topical intraocular pressure-lowering medications was significantly reduced through 12 months after the implant. PURPOSE: To study t ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Ophthalmol · January 2023
PURPOSE: To characterize the frequency, reasons, hospital costs, and risk factors for emergency department (ED) visits within 30 days of cataract surgery. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. METHODS: A retrospective review of all cataract surgeries at Duke ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · August 1, 2022
PRCIS: Using an intracanalicular dexamethasone insert or topical prednisolone following iStent and Hydrus surgery provided similar short-term control of postoperative inflammation. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to compare postoperative inflammatio ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · July 1, 2022
PRCIS: The annual incidence of glaucoma progression (9.7%) and rates of visual field mean deviation (MD) change in progressors (-1.02±0.06 dB/y) are high in a small cohort of urban Ghanaians. PURPOSE: To report the incidence of glaucoma progression and the ...
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Journal ArticleGraefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol · March 2022
PURPOSE: To investigate comorbidities and medications associated with acute (ASCH) and delayed (DSCH) suprachoroidal hemorrhage (SCH), and to explore visual outcomes and mortality following SCH. METHODS: Retrospective review of SCH cases diagnosed at a ter ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · February 1, 2022
PRCIS: Eyes with corneal striae had steeper cornea, induced astigmatism, and higher corneal hysteresis (CH), which implies a relationship between striae, corneal shape, and the cornea's resistance to deformation at low intraocular pressures (IOPs). BACKGRO ...
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Journal ArticleClin Ophthalmol · 2022
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to determine whether ReSure hydrogel sealant is superior to standard suture for closure of clear corneal incisions in the setting of combined glaucoma procedures. SETTING: Glaucoma Department, Duke University Eye Cente ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · January 1, 2021
PRECIS: The use of nylon wicks with fenestrations in nonvalved aqueous shunt surgery significantly reduces intraocular pressure (IOP) and glaucoma medication usage in the immediate postoperative period compared with the use of fenestrations alone. PURPOSE: ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · January 1, 2021
PRECIS: In African American patients with glaucoma, iStent/phacoemulsification lowered intraocular pressure and reduced glaucoma medication usage for up to 1 year, even in patients with prior selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT). PURPOSE: Currently, no st ...
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Journal ArticleJ Cataract Refract Surg · October 2020
Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) has become a reliable standard of care for the treatment of glaucoma when combined with cataract surgery. This review describes the MIGS procedures currently combined with and without cataract surgery with a focus ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmol Ther · March 2020
Glaucoma is a chronic, debilitating disease and a leading cause of global blindness. Despite treatment efforts, 10% of patients demonstrate loss of vision. In the US, > 80% of glaucoma cases are classified as open-angle glaucoma (OAG), with primary open-an ...
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Journal ArticleJAMA · November 5, 2019
IMPORTANCE: Primary open-angle glaucoma presents with increased prevalence and a higher degree of clinical severity in populations of African ancestry compared with European or Asian ancestry. Despite this, individuals of African ancestry remain understudi ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmology · March 2019
PURPOSE: To determine the incidence of open-angle glaucoma (OAG) and its risk factors in the Tema Eye Survey in Ghana, West Africa. DESIGN: Longitudinal, observational population-based study. PARTICIPANTS: One thousand two hundred five of 1500 participants ...
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Journal ArticleJAMA Ophthalmol · February 1, 2019
IMPORTANCE: Elevated intraocular pressure is a major risk factor for glaucoma, a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Environmental air pollution has been suggested as a potential contributor to elevated intraocular pressure; however, no stud ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · February 2019
PURPOSE: Many surgeons remove the ripcord in the Baerveldt glaucoma drainage device to better control tube opening and intraocular pressure (IOP) lowering postoperatively. However, complications following Baerveldt implant surgery with or without ripcord r ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · September 1, 2024
PRCIS: About one-fourth of survey respondents from an ASCRS database initiate treatment for primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) with laser trabeculoplasty. Factors impacting physicians' choice of laser versus topical treatment for POAG were explored. PURPOS ...
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Journal ArticleJ Clin Med · August 6, 2024
Background: To report the surgical safety of reinforced bio-interventional cyclodialysis with scleral allograft reinforcement. Methods: This was a consecutive case series of 243 eyes with open-angle glaucoma who underwent a bio-scaffolded cyclodialysis (BS ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · June 1, 2024
PRCIS: In this retrospective study of glaucoma patients receiving the bimatoprost implant at Duke Eye Center, the number of topical intraocular pressure-lowering medications was significantly reduced through 12 months after the implant. PURPOSE: To study t ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Ophthalmol · January 2023
PURPOSE: To characterize the frequency, reasons, hospital costs, and risk factors for emergency department (ED) visits within 30 days of cataract surgery. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. METHODS: A retrospective review of all cataract surgeries at Duke ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · August 1, 2022
PRCIS: Using an intracanalicular dexamethasone insert or topical prednisolone following iStent and Hydrus surgery provided similar short-term control of postoperative inflammation. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to compare postoperative inflammatio ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · July 1, 2022
PRCIS: The annual incidence of glaucoma progression (9.7%) and rates of visual field mean deviation (MD) change in progressors (-1.02±0.06 dB/y) are high in a small cohort of urban Ghanaians. PURPOSE: To report the incidence of glaucoma progression and the ...
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Journal ArticleGraefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol · March 2022
PURPOSE: To investigate comorbidities and medications associated with acute (ASCH) and delayed (DSCH) suprachoroidal hemorrhage (SCH), and to explore visual outcomes and mortality following SCH. METHODS: Retrospective review of SCH cases diagnosed at a ter ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · February 1, 2022
PRCIS: Eyes with corneal striae had steeper cornea, induced astigmatism, and higher corneal hysteresis (CH), which implies a relationship between striae, corneal shape, and the cornea's resistance to deformation at low intraocular pressures (IOPs). BACKGRO ...
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Journal ArticleClin Ophthalmol · 2022
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to determine whether ReSure hydrogel sealant is superior to standard suture for closure of clear corneal incisions in the setting of combined glaucoma procedures. SETTING: Glaucoma Department, Duke University Eye Cente ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · January 1, 2021
PRECIS: The use of nylon wicks with fenestrations in nonvalved aqueous shunt surgery significantly reduces intraocular pressure (IOP) and glaucoma medication usage in the immediate postoperative period compared with the use of fenestrations alone. PURPOSE: ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · January 1, 2021
PRECIS: In African American patients with glaucoma, iStent/phacoemulsification lowered intraocular pressure and reduced glaucoma medication usage for up to 1 year, even in patients with prior selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT). PURPOSE: Currently, no st ...
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Journal ArticleJ Cataract Refract Surg · October 2020
Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) has become a reliable standard of care for the treatment of glaucoma when combined with cataract surgery. This review describes the MIGS procedures currently combined with and without cataract surgery with a focus ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmol Ther · March 2020
Glaucoma is a chronic, debilitating disease and a leading cause of global blindness. Despite treatment efforts, 10% of patients demonstrate loss of vision. In the US, > 80% of glaucoma cases are classified as open-angle glaucoma (OAG), with primary open-an ...
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Journal ArticleJAMA · November 5, 2019
IMPORTANCE: Primary open-angle glaucoma presents with increased prevalence and a higher degree of clinical severity in populations of African ancestry compared with European or Asian ancestry. Despite this, individuals of African ancestry remain understudi ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmology · March 2019
PURPOSE: To determine the incidence of open-angle glaucoma (OAG) and its risk factors in the Tema Eye Survey in Ghana, West Africa. DESIGN: Longitudinal, observational population-based study. PARTICIPANTS: One thousand two hundred five of 1500 participants ...
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Journal ArticleJAMA Ophthalmol · February 1, 2019
IMPORTANCE: Elevated intraocular pressure is a major risk factor for glaucoma, a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Environmental air pollution has been suggested as a potential contributor to elevated intraocular pressure; however, no stud ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · February 2019
PURPOSE: Many surgeons remove the ripcord in the Baerveldt glaucoma drainage device to better control tube opening and intraocular pressure (IOP) lowering postoperatively. However, complications following Baerveldt implant surgery with or without ripcord r ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · December 2018
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to compare early postoperative outcomes of patients who underwent Baerveldt 350-mm aqueous drainage device (Abbott Medical Optics Inc., Santa Ana, CA) implantation with and without 7-0 polyglactin (vicryl) suture plac ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · February 2018
PURPOSE: Traditionally, during trabeculectomy, Mitomycin-C (MMC) is applied to the tissues using surgical sponges. However, alternate modes of application exist. This study assessed the success rates, complication rates, final intraocular pressure (IOP), a ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Ophthalmol · February 2018
PURPOSE: To determine the change and rate of change in central corneal thickness (CCT) and their determinants. DESIGN: Longitudinal observational population-based study. METHODS: A total of 758 normal and 58 glaucomatous subjects underwent complete eye exa ...
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Journal ArticleEye (Lond) · August 2017
PurposeTo determine if there are systematic differences in cup-to-disc ratio (CDR) grading using fundus biomicroscopy compared to stereoscopic disc photograph reading.MethodsThe vertical cup-to-disc ratio (VCDR) and horizontal cup-to-disc ratio (HCDR) of 2 ...
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Journal ArticleNat Genet · July 2017
Exfoliation syndrome (XFS) is the most common known risk factor for secondary glaucoma and a major cause of blindness worldwide. Variants in two genes, LOXL1 and CACNA1A, have previously been associated with XFS. To further elucidate the genetic basis of X ...
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Journal ArticleJ Med Econ · July 2017
AIM: Patients with open-angle glaucoma (OAG) whose intraocular pressure is not adequately controlled by one medication have several treatment options in the US. This analysis evaluated direct costs of unilateral eye treatment with two trabecular micro-bypa ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · February 2017
PURPOSE: To evaluate efficacy and safety of a novel technique, simultaneous implantation of Ahmed and Baerveldt shunts, for improved control of intraocular pressure (IOP) in advanced glaucoma with visual field defects threatening central fixation. PATIENTS ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · July 2016
PURPOSE: To investigate the role of the family/friends support system for patients with glaucoma and their perspective on barriers to effective glaucoma management. METHODS: Six focus groups were conducted in 3 geographically and ethnically diverse areas o ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · July 2016
PURPOSE: To explore why glaucoma patients believe that glaucoma continues to cause vision loss despite the availability of effective treatment. METHODS: Nine focus groups were conducted in 3 geographically and ethnically diverse areas of the United States ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · April 2016
PURPOSE: To mathematically model the conventional aqueous humor outflow system with trabecular meshwork (TM) bypass and Schlemm canal (SC) dilation. METHODS: The SC was modeled as a rectangular channel with the TM modeled as a permeable membrane. The colle ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Ophthalmol · March 2016
PURPOSE: To compare the late complications in the Ahmed Baerveldt Comparison Study during 5 years of follow-up. DESIGN: Multicenter, prospective randomized clinical trial. METHODS: setting: Sixteen international clinical centers. STUDY POPULATION: Two hund ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmology · January 2016
UNLABELLED: PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA PREFERRED PRACTICE PATTERN® GUIDELINES: Evidence-based update of the Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Preferred Practice Pattern® (PPP) guidelines, describing the diagnosis and management of patients with primary open-ang ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmology · January 2016
UNLABELLED: PRIMARY ANGLE CLOSURE PREFERRED PRACTICE PATTERN® GUIDELINES: Evidence-based update of the Primary Angle Closure Preferred Practice Pattern® (PPP) guidelines, describing the diagnosis and management of patients with primary angle closure with d ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmology · January 2016
UNLABELLED: PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA SUSPECT PREFERRED PRACTICE PATTERN® GUIDELINES: Evidence-based update of the Primary Open-Angle Suspect Glaucoma Preferred Practice Pattern® (PPP) guidelines, describing the diagnosis and management of patients with ...
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Journal ArticleHum Mol Genet · July 1, 2015
Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), a major cause of blindness worldwide, is a complex disease with a significant genetic contribution. We performed Exome Array (Illumina) analysis on 3504 POAG cases and 9746 controls with replication of the most significa ...
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Journal ArticleGhana Med J · September 2014
BACKGROUND: To investigate IOP control following twelve months of continuous medical therapy in Ghana. METHODS: This retrospective case series included 163 glaucoma patients diagnosed at a referral eye center between 1996 and 2006. Information collected in ...
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Journal ArticleMol Vis · 2014
PURPOSE: Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a group of inherited disorders characterized by bone fragility. Ocular findings include blue sclera, low ocular rigidity, and thin corneal thickness. However, there are no documented cases linking OI and primary ope ...
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Chapter · January 1, 2014
Assessment of rates of disease progression, along with considerations about life expectancy and treatment side effects, can help clinicians customize aggressiveness of therapy to increase the chances that patients will avoid functional impairment during th ...
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Journal ArticleInvest Ophthalmol Vis Sci · September 17, 2013
PURPOSE: Multiple genes have been associated with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) in Caucasian populations. We now examine the association of these loci in populations of African ancestry, populations at particularly high risk for POAG. METHODS: We geno ...
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Journal ArticleJAMA Ophthalmol · May 2013
IMPORTANCE: Multiple studies have found an increased prevalence, younger age at onset, and more severe course of glaucoma in people of African descent, but these findings are based on studies conducted outside Africa. OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence ...
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Chapter · January 1, 2013
While the many skeletal, auditory, dental and other anomalies in osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) have been well documented in the medical literature, the eye and the visual system are also commonly affected in patients with OI. As type I collagen fibers are a ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmology · September 2012
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence, causes, and risk factors of blindness and visual impairment among persons aged 40 years or older residing in an urban West African location. DESIGN: Population-based, cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 5 ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Ophthalmol · May 2012
PURPOSE: To report 5-year treatment outcomes in the Tube Versus Trabeculectomy (TVT) Study. DESIGN: Multicenter randomized clinical trial. SETTINGS: Seventeen clinical centers. STUDY POPULATION: Patients 18 to 85 years of age who had previous trabeculectom ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Ophthalmol · May 2012
PURPOSE: To describe postoperative complications encountered in the Tube Versus Trabeculectomy (TVT) Study during 5 years of follow-up. DESIGN: Multicenter randomized clinical trial. SETTINGS: Seventeen clinical centers. STUDY POPULATION: Patients 18 to 85 ...
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Journal ArticleCurr Opin Ophthalmol · March 2012
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The Tube Versus Trabeculectomy (TVT) Study is a multicenter randomized clinical trial comparing the safety and efficacy of tube-shunt surgery to trabeculectomy with mitomycin C (MMC) in eyes with previous cataract and/or failed glaucoma ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmology · March 2012
PURPOSE: To compare the results of Glaucoma Progression Analysis (GPA, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, CA) to subjective expert consensus in the detection of glaucomatous visual field progression. DESIGN: Retrospective, observational case series. PARTICIPANTS: ...
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Journal ArticleMol Vis · 2012
PURPOSE: Mutations in the myocilin gene (MYOC) are associated with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in many different populations. This study represents the first large survey of MYOC mutations in an African American population. METHODS: We recruited 529 ...
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Journal ArticlePLoS One · 2011
DNA copy number variants (CNVs) have been reported in many human diseases including autism and schizophrenia. Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (POAG) is a complex adult-onset disorder characterized by progressive optic neuropathy and vision loss. Previous studi ...
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Journal ArticlePLoS One · 2011
Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is the most common form of glaucoma and one of the leading causes of vision loss worldwide. The genetic etiology of POAG is complex and poorly understood. The purpose of this work is to identify genomic regions of interes ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging · 2011
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To compare the success and complication rates of patients with glaucoma who had an Ex-PRESS mini glaucoma shunt device implantation (Optonol, Ltd., Neve Ilan, Israel) to those who had conventional trabeculectomy. PATIENTS AND METH ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmology · January 2011
PURPOSE: To determine the extent of interobserver agreement and intraobserver reproducibility of the subjective determination of visual field progression with achromatic automated static perimetry in eyes with glaucoma, and to determine the impact of acces ...
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Chapter · December 1, 2010
Corneal hysteresis (CH) is a measurement that reflects the viscoelastic properties of the cornea and its biomechanical integrity. Hysteresis is expressed in units of mmHg, just like intraocular pressure (IOP). Unlike IOP, CH shows no significant variation ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Ophthalmol · May 2010
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PURPOSE: To determine whether a fluocinolone acetonide sustained-release intravitreal drug delivery system can be implanted safely at the same time that a glaucoma drainage device is placed for eyes with uveitis and elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) rece ...
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Journal ArticleCurr Opin Ophthalmol · March 2010
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The Tube Versus Trabeculectomy (TVT) Study is a multicenter randomized clinical trial comparing the safety and efficacy of tube-shunt surgery to trabeculectomy with mitomycin (MMC) in eyes with previous cataract and/or unsuccessful glauc ...
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Chapter · January 1, 2010
It has long been accepted that elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is a key parameter in the diagnosis of glaucoma. IOP is used in the assessment of disease progression and response to treatment. In fact, it is the only modifiable risk factor for glaucoma. ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Ophthalmol · November 2009
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PURPOSE: To report 3-year results of the Tube Versus Trabeculectomy (TVT) Study. DESIGN: Multicenter randomized clinical trial. SETTING: Seventeen clinical centers. STUDY POPULATION: Patients 18 to 85 years of age who had previous trabeculectomy, cataract ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · 2009
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PURPOSE: To assess rates of surgical revision of glaucoma drainage devices (GDDs) from hypotony owing to overfiltration and its management. DESIGN: Retrospective case series. METHODS: Demographic characteristics, type of GDD implanted, type of surgical rev ...
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Journal ArticleJ Ophthalmol · 2009
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Objectives. To describe glaucoma patients' trust in the physician and to test the hypothesis that increased interpersonal trust is associated with increased medication adherence. Methods. One hundred ninety-five subjects with open-angle glaucoma seen by mu ...
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Journal ArticleInvest Ophthalmol Vis Sci · August 2008
PURPOSE: Significant association has recently been reported between pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (XFG) and two single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs3825942, and rs1048661, in the lysyl oxidase-like 1 gene (LOXL1). The purpose of this study was to invest ...
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Journal ArticleBr J Ophthalmol · June 2008
BACKGROUND: Non-visual factors influence a person's vision-related quality of life (VRQoL). The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between health literacy and VRQoL in glaucoma patients. METHODS: One hundred and ninety-five subjects with ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging · 2008
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A 47-year-old man was treated with one session of endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation for uncontrolled, elevated intraocular pressure. Before treatment, the eye was quiet and uninflamed. Pretreatment visual acuity was 4/200 and the intraocular pressure was 24 ...
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Journal ArticleMol Vis · 2008
PURPOSE: Coding variants in the optineurin gene (OPTN, GLC1E) have been reported to play a role in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in various populations. This study investigated the role of OPTN sequence variants in patients with POAG in Ghana (West Af ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · December 2007
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PURPOSE: To report a series of cases involving Ex-PRESS Miniature Glaucoma Device exposure and discuss the surgical techniques we used to remove the shunts. METHODS: A retrospective chart review was performed to identify all patients who were referred for ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · December 2007
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PURPOSE: To determine if ocular pulse amplitude (OPA) as measured by dynamic contour tonometry (DCT) is related to severity of glaucoma, and if intraocular pressure (IOP) as measured by DCT is related to central corneal thickness (CCT). METHODS: Patients w ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · August 2007
PURPOSE: To correlate aqueous humor soluble CD44 (sCD44) concentration, visual field loss, and glaucoma risk factors in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) patients. METHODS: Aqueous samples were obtained by paracentesis from normal and glaucoma patients wh ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Ophthalmol · January 2007
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PURPOSE: To describe the intraoperative and postoperative complications encountered during the first year of follow-up in the Tube Versus Trabeculectomy (TVT) Study. DESIGN: Multicenter randomized clinical trial. SETTING: Seventeen clinical centers. STUDY ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Ophthalmol · January 2007
PURPOSE: To report one-year results of the Tube Versus Trabeculectomy (TVT) Study. DESIGN: Multicenter randomized clinical trial. SETTING: 17 Clinical Centers. STUDY POPULATION: Patients 18 to 85 years of age who had previous trabeculectomy and/or cataract ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Ophthalmol · August 2006
PURPOSE: To describe the health literacy of subjects with open angle glaucoma and to investigate the hypothesis that low health literacy is associated with poor glaucoma medication adherence. DESIGN: Cross-sectional patient survey and concomitant chart rev ...
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Journal ArticleBr J Ophthalmol · June 2006
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AIMS: To determine if central corneal thickness (CCT) changes over time and if this change relates to glaucoma progression. METHODS: 39 patients (64 eyes) with open angle glaucoma, ocular hypertension, glaucoma suspect status, or a normal eye examination w ...
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Journal ArticleCurr Opin Ophthalmol · April 2006
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Central corneal thickness has become an important biometric factor and is an essential part of the evaluation of glaucoma. Goldmann applanation tonometry is the most widely used method of measuring intraocular pressure, but it is well kn ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Ophthalmol · January 2006
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PURPOSE: Determine patients' understanding of glaucoma and its treatment, their sources of information about glaucoma, their preferences for treatment, their experience with medication side effects, and their reasons for changing eye doctors. DESIGN: Prosp ...
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Journal ArticleArch Ophthalmol · December 2005
OBJECTIVE: To examine if racial differences exist in longitudinal care patterns for Medicare beneficiaries with glaucoma. METHODS: We analyzed national longitudinal Medicare claims data from January 1, 1991, through December 31, 1999 in 21 644 Medicare ben ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · October 2005
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PURPOSE: To determine the efficacy of selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) in a tertiary care referral center. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this retrospective study of selective laser trabeculoplasty performed by five physicians, 94 eyes from 94 patients were ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Ophthalmol · August 2005
PURPOSE: The Tube Versus Trabeculectomy (TVT) Study will compare the safety and efficacy of nonvalved tube shunt surgery to trabeculectomy with mitomycin C in patients with previous intraocular surgery. DESIGN: Multicenter randomized clinical trial. SETTIN ...
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Journal ArticleArch Ophthalmol · August 2004
OBJECTIVE: To compare intraocular pressure (IOP) values obtained by patients using the new Proview eye pressure monitor (Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, NY) with those measured with the Goldmann tonometer and the TonoPen (Mentor, Norwell, Mass). METHODS: Eighty- ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Ophthalmol · August 2004
PURPOSE: To report the occurrences of early rapid increases in intraocular (IOP) after intravitreal glucocorticoid injection. DESIGN: Observational case series. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the records of three patients seen and treated at Duke Eye ...
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Journal ArticleArch Ophthalmol · January 2004
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OBJECTIVE: To determine if central corneal thickness (CCT) is related to the level of glaucoma severity at the initial examination. METHODS: The initial visit to a glaucoma specialist by consecutive patients with primary open-angle glaucoma from 1997 to 20 ...
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Journal ArticleOphthalmol Clin North Am · December 2003
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POAG is a severely debilitating disease in West Africa. Currently, many patients seem to be misclassified as having POAG who in fact have CACG. Improved examination techniques, including routine gonioscopy, would increase diagnostic accuracy and improve tr ...
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Journal ArticleArch Ophthalmol · September 2003
Long silicone glaucoma tubes within the anterior chamber are frequently detrimental to the corneal endothelium and other anterior chamber structures. Tube shortening often involves extensive and potentially complicated surgery that requires tube removal an ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Ophthalmol · May 2003
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PURPOSE: To report increased eyelid pigmentation as an adverse side effect associated with topical ocular hypotensive lipids in African Americans. DESIGN: Interventional case series. METHODS: Two African-American patients with open-angle glaucoma are descr ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · April 2003
OBJECTIVE: To correlate losses of retinal thickness in the perifoveal area in glaucoma as measured by the Retinal Thickness Analyzer (Talia Technology Ltd, Israel) with optic nerve and visual field changes in glaucoma patients and suspects. METHODS: Observ ...
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Journal ArticleArch Ophthalmol · January 2003
BACKGROUND: Vascular phenomena are considered important to optic nerve and visual field progression in open-angle glaucoma (OAG). A recently described formulation, the Pressure Attenuation Index (PAI), links arteriolar caliber variations to pressure loss a ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · October 2002
PURPOSE: Investigators have noted that primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in West Africa has an earlier age of onset and appears to be more clinically severe than in the United States and Europe. Primary open-angle glaucoma patients with mutations in myoci ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · October 2002
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PURPOSE: To report the various types of glaucoma among West African patients presenting to an eye clinic in Ghana. METHODS: A complete evaluation was performed in 198 consecutive Ghanaian glaucoma patients. Main outcome measures included intraocular pressu ...
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Journal ArticleBiochem Biophys Res Commun · May 27, 2000
Our hypothesis is that the proteins in aqueous humor may be involved in the regulation of outflow facility through the trabecular meshwork and uveoscleral meshwork. In this study, we analyzed the profile of heparin-binding proteins present in porcine aqueo ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · April 2000
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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effectiveness of excisional revision of filtering blebs for hypotony or leakage when more conservative measures have failed. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Retrospective review of all patients who underwent excisional revision of a filte ...
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Chapter · January 1, 1999
The association between unilaterally elevated IOP and intraocular tumors has been appreciated for years. Although intraocular neoplasms are infrequently encountered in general ophthalmology practice, the ophthalmologist has an excellent opportunity to iden ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Ophthalmol · November 1998
PURPOSE: To compare the efficacy of transscleral cyclophotocoagulation using a neodymium: YAG (Nd:YAG) or semiconductor diode laser in controlling intraocular pressure in patients with refractory glaucoma. METHODS: In a prospective study, 95 eyes of 91 pat ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Ophthalmol · October 1998
PURPOSE: To determine if latanoprost reduces intraocular pressure in eyes with glaucoma associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome. METHODS: We conducted a prospective study in which eyes with uncontrolled intraocular pressure associated with Sturge-Weber syndr ...
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Journal ArticleArch Ophthalmol · April 1998
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OBJECTIVE: To measure scattered laser energy reaching the posterior pole during transscleral cyclophotocoagulation. METHODS: Transscleral cyclophotocoagulation was performed on 4 cadaver eyes with Nd:YAG noncontact, Nd:YAG contact, and diode contact lasers ...
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Journal ArticleJ Glaucoma · February 1998
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PURPOSE: To examine the efficacy of trabeculectomy with mitomycin C 0.3 mg/ml using titrated exposure times. METHODS: A retrospective chart review of consecutive patients undergoing trabeculectomy in an academic referral glaucoma clinic was performed. All ...
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Journal ArticleHum Hered · 1998
Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness in the world and is characterized by elevated intraocular pressure, optic nerve atrophy, and progressive visual field loss. Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) is the most common subtype of gla ...
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OtherInvestigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science · December 1, 1997
Purpose: To compare the short-term (1 month) and mid-term (6 months) effect of diode and Nd:YAG laser CPC. Methods. We retrospectively studied 60 patients who underwent diode or Nd:YAG laser CPC between 1991 and 1996. Those with at least 6 months follow-up ...
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OtherInvestigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science · December 1, 1997
Purpose: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of surgical bleb revision, consisting of excision of the bleb and resuturing of the conjunctival wound, in the management of hypotony and bleb leaks following trabeculectomy. Methods: Retrospective chart re ...
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Journal ArticleArch Ophthalmol · September 1997
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between central corneal thickness (CCT) and applanation intraocular pressure (IOP) in normal, glaucomatous, and ocular hypertensive eyes. METHODS: One hundred nine subjects (184 eyes) were studied. Forty-eight patie ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Ophthalmol · April 1997
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PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy of autologous blood injections for treating overfiltering or leaking blebs after glaucoma surgery. METHOD: Retrospective review of ten eyes of ten patients who received intrableb autologous blood injections for hypotonous ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Ophthalmol · October 1996
PURPOSE: To evaluate acute retinal vein occlusion as a potential complication of trabeculectomy with mitomycin C in cases of advanced glaucoma. METHODS: The records of three patients who developed retinal vein occlusions immediately after uncomplicated tra ...
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OtherInvestigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science · February 15, 1996
Purpose. The reported incidence of visual reduction with transscleral Nd:YAG cyclophotocoagulation (CPC) ranges between one-third and two-thirds of treated patients. One mechanism for visual reduction we propose is that retinal light toxicity from scattere ...
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