Publications by authors named "Arezoo Astaraki"
Purpose: To compare the long-term outcomes obtained by residents and attending surgeons performing trabeculectomy.
Methods: After reviewing medical records of the patients, 41 residents performing trabeculectomy under supervision of attendings were compared to 41 attendings performing trabeculectomy. The primary outcome measure was the surgical success defined in terms of intraocular pressure (IOP) ≤ 21 mmHg (criterion A) and IOP ≤ 16 mmHg (criterion B), with at least 20% reduction in IOP, either with no medication (complete success) or with no more than 2 medications (qualified success).
Purpose: To examine the efficacy and safety of Ruthenium-106 plaque radiotherapy in the treatment of circumscribed choroidal hemangioma.
Methods: Twenty-one eyes of 21 patients diagnosed with symptomatic circumscribed choroidal hemangioma who underwent Ruthenium-106 plaque radiotherapy were included in the study. Clinical response, ancillary tests finding improvement, and major side effects were evaluated.
Purpose: To evaluate quality of life (QOL) before and after corticosteroid therapy for thyroid eye disease (TED) and to determine the impact of the disease on QOL.
Methods: A modified TED-QOL questionnaire was completed by consecutive patients before and at least 6 months after steroid therapy. All patients were clinically and biochemically euthyroid during the course of the study.
Purpose: To evaluate the effect of intraoperative mitomycin C (MMC) application during filtration surgery on lacrimal drainage system.
Design: Prospective, nonrandomized, comparative, observational case series.
Methods: All glaucomatous patients with previous filtration surgery with or without intraoperative MMC application were included.