Publications by authors named "Christophe Breusegem"
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of early phacoemulsification on the management of acute angle closure glaucoma in patients with coexisting cataract after initial treatment with medical therapy and laser peripheral iridotomy.
Patients And Methods: This study involved a retrospective analysis of patients presenting to the Maastricht University Medical Center+ with acute angle closure and coexisting cataract between 2005 and 2015. Patients were included after initial treatment with a standard protocol comprising topical and systemic medical therapy and laser peripheral iridotomy.
Purpose: To evaluate the effect of intravitreal (IVT) bevacizumab in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) on global choroidal hemodynamics, as measured by ocular pulse amplitude (OPA).
Methods: This was a two-center prospective study (Sheba Medical Center, Israel, and University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium). AMD patients who required IVT bevacizumab (1.
Purpose: To compare the interobserver agreement in detecting glaucomatous optic disc changes using serial stereophotography between a large group of non-expert ophthalmologists and glaucoma specialists; to assess the accuracy of non-experts; to investigate whether the interobserver agreement and the accuracy of non-experts changed after a training session.
Design: Masked interobserver agreement study.
Participants: Serial optic disc stereophotos from 40 patients with glaucoma.
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.
Purpose: To investigate whether trabeculectomy, besides its intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering effect, has an effect on ocular pulse amplitude (OPA); and to determine whether OPA changes are influenced by IOP changes.
Methods: Forty-eight patients with glaucoma (48 eyes) scheduled for unilateral first-time trabeculectomy were prospectively enrolled from October 2007 to April 2008. The eye undergoing trabeculectomy was considered the study eye, whereas the nonsurgical fellow eye was used as the control eye.
Ectopic meningioma anterior to the lacrimal gland fossa.
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg
April 2009
A 66-year-old man reported a slowly growing tumor on the lateral edge of his left upper eyelid. This lesion was hard but movable on palpation. A neoplasm of the lacrimal gland was suspected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To investigate the diagnostic value of a topical dexamethasone (DXM) provocative test before intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (IVTA) injection for a steroid response.
Methods: Eligible patients scheduled for first-time IVTA who did not have glaucoma or a history of a steroid response received DXM 0.1% drops 4 times daily over 4 weeks.
Purpose: To investigate the variability of the standard reference height (SRH) in consecutive Heidelberg Retina Tomograph 3 (HRT3) examinations and its influence on five main stereometric parameters.
Methods: HRT3 results of all patients attending our glaucoma center from August to October 2007 were retrospectively reviewed. Only one eye per patient with at least three consecutive HRTs and a quality control label of acceptable or better was selected.
Background: Cytoreduction with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemoperfusion (HIPEC) has an established role in selected patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC). We analyzed the safety and efficacy of HIPEC using high-dose oxaliplatin, a cytotoxic agent commonly used in metastatic colorectal cancer and showing promising activity in ovarian cancer and mesothelioma.
Methods: Following complete cytoreduction, HIPEC was performed using 460 mg/m(2 )oxaliplatin in 5% dextrose for 30 min at a temperature of 41-42 degrees C.