Changes in anterior segment parameters after insertion of Ex-PRESS miniature glaucoma implant.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Ex-PRESS Miniature Glaucoma Implant surgery on corneal curvature and anterior segment parameters obtained with the Pentacam rotating Scheimpflug camera (Oculus Inc.).

Patients/methods: In this prospective study, a total of 19 eyes of 19 consecutive patients (11 men, 8 women) were evaluated preoperatively, on the first postoperative day, and at 1 week, 1 month, and 3 months postoperatively with the Pentacam.

The novel Y371D myocilin mutation causes an aggressive form of juvenile open-angle glaucoma in a Caucasian family from the Middle-East.

Purpose: To search for the genetic cause of juvenile open-angle glaucoma (JOAG) in a Caucasian family and to perform genotype/phenotype correlation studies in the kindred.

Methods: Six members of a three-generation family originating from Uzbekistan and now living in the Middle East were recruited from one large clinic in Israel. Ophthalmologic investigations comprised of visual field assessments, intraocular pressure measurements, optic disc evaluation, and gonioscopy.

Intravitreal bevacizumab as an adjunct treatment for neovascular glaucoma.

Purpose: To assess the effect of adjunctive intravitreal bevacizumab treatment on neovascular glaucoma (NVG).

Methods: The medical records of all consecutive patients with NVG treated with intravitreal bevacizumab at our center from May 2006 to February 2008 were reviewed. The data collected included background features, findings on full ophthalmologic examination (including visual acuity, gonioscopy, and intraocular pressure), glaucoma medications prescribed, and additional procedures for glaucoma performed before and after bevacizumab injection.

Fibrin glue as a suture substitute: histological evaluation of trabeculectomy in rabbit eyes.

Purpose: To describe the outcome of the use of fibrin adhesive (Quixil) in penetrating trabeculectomy in a rabbit model.

Methods: Fibrin adhesive was used experimentally to attach the conjunctiva and the scleral flap in two groups of 17 New Zealand albino adult rabbits (34 eyes). In the first experiment (20 eyes), the fibrin adhesive was used to reattach the tissue after conjunctival peritomy and scleral flap only in 14 eyes (experiment I).

The patient as a client: a model for evaluation of Israel Defense Forces.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Medical Corps provides medical services-routine and emergency--to all IDF personnel (conscripts, career personnel, and reservists). Despite the fact that there are no differences in prevalence of disease in the IDF compared with the civil sector, health consumer appraisal, in the military, of the medical services they receive during peacetime at IDF medical clinics is not high. The objective of this research was to develop an effective and differential tool for monitoring the quality of medical service at IDF clinics drawn from service quality indexes based on the perspective of the soldier patient.