Blindness and long-term progression of visual field defects in chinese patients with primary angle-closure glaucoma.

Purpose: To investigate the long-term rates of blindness and visual field (VF) progression in treated primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) patients.

Design: Retrospective observational case series.

Methods: PACG patients with ≥10 years of follow-up were analyzed.

Pseudophakic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in a large Asian tertiary eye centre: a cohort study.

Background: To determine the incidence and identify risk factors for the development of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in patients who had cataract surgery at the Singapore National Eye Centre between 2001 and 2003.

Design: Retrospective case-control study.

Participants: All patients who had cataract surgery between 2001 and 2003 and subsequently retinal detachment surgery in the same eye, between 2001 and June 2008, at Singapore National Eye Centre.

Persistence of patients receiving topical glaucoma monotherapy in an Asian population.

Objective: To determine the persistence rates of patients who started taking topical intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering monotherapy in a Singapore eye hospital.

Methods: This was a retrospective review of patients who started taking a single IOP-lowering medication between October 1, 2005, and September 30, 2006. Pharmacy dispensing records were traced for 3 years from the date of first prescription.

Angle imaging: advances and challenges.

Primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) is a major form of glaucoma in large populous countries in East and South Asia. The high visual morbidity from PACG is related to the destructive nature of the asymptomatic form of the disease. Early detection of anatomically narrow angles is important and the subsequent prevention of visual loss from PACG depends on an accurate assessment of the anterior chamber angle (ACA).