Pars Planectomy: Preliminary Report of a New Glaucoma Filtering Technique in Vitrectomized Eyes.

Purpose: To propose a new filtering technique in vitrectomized eyes with glaucoma and report its clinical results and safety.

Methods: The medical records of 13 eyes that developed glaucoma following pars plana vitrectomy and underwent pars planectomy, from 2011 to 2018, at Songklanagarind hospital, Hatyai, Songkhla, Thailand were retrospectively reviewed. The main outcome measures were visual acuity (VA), intraocular pressure (IOP), number of glaucoma medications, and postoperative complications.

Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Factors of Visual Outcomes in Childhood Glaucoma.

Purpose: To determine the prognostic factors for poor visual outcomes in childhood glaucoma.

Methods: The medical records of patients with childhood glaucoma diagnosed at age 4 years or younger who were treated surgically from 2002 to 2019 at Songklanagarind Hospital, Hatyai, Thailand, were retrospectively reviewed. Glaucoma subtypes, clinical characteristics, final visual acuity, and etiology of visual impairment were recorded.

Efficacy of Adjunctive Subconjunctival Bevacizumab on the Outcomes of Primary Trabeculectomy With Mitomycin C: A Prospective Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of subconjunctival bevacizumab (ScB) as adjuvant therapy to primary trabeculectomy with mitomycin C (MMC) in primary open-angle glaucoma.

Materials And Methods: Forty-six eyes of primary open-angle glaucoma patients were randomized to receive ScB (1.25 mg/0.

Correlation between central corneal thickness and visual field defect, cup to disc ratio and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in primary open-angle glaucoma patients.

Objective: To assess the correlation between central corneal thickness (CCT) and visual field parameters, cup-to-disc ratio and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) patients in Songklanagarind Hospital.

Material And Method: A Retrospective analytical study of the medical records of primary open-angle glaucoma patients, between January 2006 and April 2008, were reviewed. All subjects underwent a complete eye examination.

Performance of optical coherence tomography for distinguishing between normal eyes, glaucoma suspect and glaucomatous eyes.

Objective: Evaluate the diagnostic performance of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) parameters to distinguish between healthy, glaucoma suspect, and glaucomatous eyes.

Material And Method: Forty-eight eyes of glaucoma, 48 glaucoma suspect eyes, and 35 healthy eyes were included. The circumpapillary and macular retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness were measured using the Cirrus OCT (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.

Neovascular glaucoma: a retrospective review of 5-year experience in Songklanagarind Hospital.

Objective: To review causes, treatment modalities, and success of neovascular glaucoma treatment in the past five years at Songklanagarind Hospital.

Material And Method: Neovascular glaucoma of any causes between February 2005 and January 2010 were retrospectively reviewed. The patients were divided into six major treatment subgroups.

Effects of phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation on intraocular pressure in primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) patients.

Objective: To investigate the effect of cataract surgery by phacoemulsification on the intraocular pressure (IOP) in primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) patients.

Material And Method: Sixty PACG patients who underwent phacoemulsification between January 2004 and May 2009 were retrospectively reviewed. Pre- and post-operative visual acuity, IOP and number of anti-glaucoma medications were recorded.

The impact of central corneal thickness on intraocular pressure measured by non-contact tonometry.

Objective: To investigate the impact of central corneal thickness (CCT) on the intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement by non-contact tonometry (NCT).

Material And Method: Eye examination data of normal volunteers aged between 18-96 years and intraocular pressure less than 22 mmHg were retrospectively reviewed. Subjects with possible conditions that affected the results of CCT and IOP measurement by NCT were excluded.

A variety of atypical manifestations in giant cell arteritis.

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a chronic granulomatous vasculitis of large and medium size vessels in the elderly. A new-onset headache is the most frequent symptom. An anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) is one of the most common causes of permanent visual loss.

The effects of optic disc drusen on the latency of the pattern-reversal checkerboard and multifocal visual evoked potentials.

Purpose: To determine the effect of optic disc drusen on the latency of the pattern-reversal checkerboard visual evoked potentials (VEPs) and multifocal (mf)VEPs and to better understand the pathophysiology of the condition.

Methods: Eighteen eyes with optic disc drusen (10 patients) and 38 control eyes (19 subjects) underwent VEP, mfVEP, and visual field testing. Only one eye of each individual, the one with the more affected visual field, was used in the analyses.

A method to detect progression of glaucoma using the multifocal visual evoked potential technique.

Purpose: To describe a method for monitoring progression of glaucoma using the multifocal visual evoked potential (mfVEP) technique.

Methods: Eighty-seven patients diagnosed with open-angle glaucoma were divided into two groups. Group I, comprised 43 patients who had a repeat mfVEP test within 50 days (mean 0.