Reoperations for complications within 90 days after gel stent implantation or trabeculectomy.

Purpose: To describe reoperations in the operating room for complications that occurred within the first 90 days after gel stent implantation or trabeculectomy at a single institution over 5 years.

Methods: In this retrospective chart review, patients who have undergone gel stent implantation with mitomycin C (MMC) or trabeculectomy with MMC were enrolled. Postoperative complications that required reoperations within the first 90 days were evaluated.

Trabeculectomy versus Xen gel implant for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma: a 3-year retrospective analysis.

Objective: To compare the two surgical techniques in terms of efficacy, safety, and postoperative management over 36 months of follow-up.

Methods: This retrospective clinical cohort study compared the outcome of trabeculectomy surgery and Xen gel implant in patients having uncontrolled glaucoma. Patients were recruited using the following inclusion criteria: uncontrolled intraocular pressure (IOP) on maximally tolerated medical therapy, healthy conjunctiva freely mobile in the superior sector, open-angle, glaucomatous visual field damage, full follow upfollow-up of at least 36 months.

Moving beyond the Slit-Lamp Gonioscopy: Challenges and Future Opportunities.

After almost a century from its introduction in clinical practice, slit-lamp gonioscopy is still considered the reference standard for evaluating the anterior chamber angle (ACA). Gonioscopy is essential for diagnosing angle closure disease, and ACA features are included in glaucoma's diagnostics and treatments algorithms. However, shortcomings of slit-lamp gonioscopy include a steep learning curve, lack of agreement between examiners and poor documentation.

Delayed Re-epithelialization After Epithelium-Off Crosslinking: Predictors and Impact on Keratoconus Progression.

To investigate the demographic and corneal factors associated with the occurrence of delayed reepithelialization (DRE) after epithelium-off crosslinking (epi-off CXL). Retrospective case series. A chart review was performed to identify patients treated with epi-off CXL.

Early Postoperative Intraocular Pressure is Associated With Better Pressure Control After XEN Implantation.

Unlabelled: PRéCIS:: Gel stent implantation is a bleb-forming surgery designed to achieve predictable pressure drop. An early low intraocular pressure (IOP) is associated with the long-term success of the procedure.

Purpose: To identify the variables associated with the success of the XEN procedure.

[Aorto-oesophageal fistula due to an aortic endovascular prosthesis: case report and state of the art].

Aorto-oesophageal fistula is a rare and often fatal condition due to pathologies of the aorta and oesophagus. Recently, a new aetiology for aorto-oesophageal fistulas has been detected, namely, decubitus of an aortic endovascular prosthesis positioned in the presence of aneurysms. The symptoms are those of Chiari's triad: (1) chest pain and/or dysphagia (2) haematemesis (3) massive haematemesis.

[Early stoma closure in colorectal resections after endoscopic monitoring of the anastomosis. Clinical results].

The need for a protection of a colo-colonic or colorectal anastomosis (by a colostomy or ileostomy) does not always encounter a general consensus except in selected clinical settings such as a low or ultra-low colorectal anastomosis or a colo-colonic or colorectal anastomosis after resection for acute disease. Commonly, a protective stoma is closed within 3-6 months after x-ray or endoscopic monitoring of the anastomosis. We believe in the importance of an open debate on the timing of bowel reconstruction and on the ways of monitoring the anastomosis.

[Direct electric conduction glove for laparoscopic surgical instruments. Preliminary results of a prototype].

The authors present their prototype of a system for electrical conduction in direct contact with laparoscopic tools, devised, designed and produced by them at the Politecnico di Torino Department of Mechanical Engineering. The system consists of a two-sided plate, one side being a non-conducting adhesive surface to stick to the surgical glove and the other a thin, flexible conductor shell. The authors used the instrument with surgical tools with metal handles during 4 laparoscopic procedures.