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We performed a new technique described by Schocket et al. in 6 cases of advanred, uncontrolled glaucoma and 2 cases of neovascular glaucoma. A silicone tube was inserted into the...
PURPOSE: We describe the occurrence of a massive retinal hemorrhage following anterior chamber paracentesis in uveitic glaucoma.
METHODS: A 33-year-old man who suffered from uveitic glaucoma was transferred...
Failure of a glaucoma filtering surgery mainly results from scarring at thefiltering wound. Postoperative proliferation of fibroblasts plays an imrortant role in scar tissue formation. Colchicine is a cytoplasmic microtubule...
To increase the success rate of intraocular pressure control in recalcitrant glaucoma, anterior chamber tube shunt to a surgical membrane (ACTSSM) surgery using silicone tube and expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (e-PTFE) can...
Since the anterior chamber tube shunt to an encircling band(ACTSEB) is not a simple procedure, an extended polytetrafluoroethylene (e-PTFE)-silicone tube (anterior chamber tube shunt to a surgical membrane; ACTSSM) was...
PURPOSE: To evaluate the clinical outcome of viscoelastics (VE, sodium hyaluronate)-augmented trabeculectomy (VAT, 66 eyes) and conventional trabeculectomy (CT, 57 eyes) for glaucomatous eyes.
METHODS: In the VAT group, half of...
Here, we report a large, overhanging cystic bleb that compromised vision and induced a foreign body sensation in a patient who underwent a trabeculectomy surgery with anti-metabolite therapy 4 years...