Trabeculectomy with or without anterior chamber maintainer and adjustable sutures.

Purpose: To assess the long-term outcomes of trabeculectomy using an anterior chamber maintainer and a combination of adjustable and releasable sutures compared with trabeculectomy using a viscoelastic and solely releasable sutures.

Methods: In a prospective, randomized, single-center study, 2 different trabeculectomy techniques were compared. One eye of each patient was randomly assigned to trabeculectomy with an anterior chamber maintainer and a combination of 2 adjustable and 2 releasable flap sutures (technique 1), whereas the other eye had trabeculectomy with viscoelastic and 2 releasable flap sutures (technique 2).

Comparison of ocular response analyzer, dynamic contour tonometer and Goldmann applanation tonometer.

The aim of this study was to compare the intra-ocular pressure (IOP) obtained by ocular response analyzer (ORA), dynamic contour tonometer (DCT) and Goldmann applanation tonometer (GAT). In 102 patients (47 with primary open-angle glaucoma and 55 healthy controls) IOP was measured with GAT, ORA and DCT in one eye. The agreement between GAT, DCT and ORA values was assessed using Bland-Altman plots.

Preoperative nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug or steroid and outcomes after trabeculectomy: a randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: To investigate the benefit of preoperative treatment with either topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) or steroid in terms of clinical outcomes following trabeculectomy.

Design: Prospective, randomized placebo-controlled trial.

Participants: Sixty-one patients.

Influences of atmospheric pressure and temperature on intraocular pressure.

Purpose: To determine whether the atmospheric pressure (ATM) change experienced during diving can induce changes in the intraocular pressure (IOP) of eyes in a normal population.

Methods: The IOP of 27 healthy volunteers (ages, 23.8 +/- 4.