Publications by authors named "Dilru C Amarasekera"
Purpose: To discuss four cases of post-operative XEN gel stent luminal obstruction in patients with primary open angle glaucoma.
Case Report: Four eyes in three patients with primary open angle glaucoma who received XEN stent implantation were found to have luminal obstruction of their stents. Stent obstruction can mimic filtering bleb failures not responding to bleb needling and antimetabolite injections.
Article Synopsis
- A 65-year-old woman presented with headaches, blurry vision, and eye pain, leading to a diagnosis of bilateral chronic angle closure glaucoma and an unusual iris membrane in her right eye.
- Despite a healthy medical history, the case required consultation for potential secondary issues like iris melanoma, as initial tests were inconclusive.
- The treatment involved complex surgical procedures including cataract extraction, removal of the iris membrane, and placement of a tube shunt, emphasizing the need for careful management in such complicated cases.
Purpose: To identify female authorship trends in first author and last author positions in Cornea from 2007 to 2019.
Methods: First and last authors of all Clinical Science and Basic Investigation publications in Cornea over 13 years were sorted by sex. Identification of sex was based on the author's institutional profile or a Google-based name identifier in cases of equivocal names.
Importance: This study evaluates two rapid electrophysiological glaucoma diagnostic tests that may add a functional perspective to glaucoma diagnosis.
Background: This study aimed to determine the ability of two office-based electrophysiological diagnostic tests, steady-state pattern electroretinogram and short-duration transient visual evoked potentials, to discern between glaucomatous and healthy eyes.
Design: This is a cross-sectional study in a hospital setting.
This paper investigates the patient response to a medical social worker in a glaucoma clinic. The literature suggests that medical social workers are effective in a variety of health care settings, yet the efficacy of a medical social worker in an adult ophthalmic setting has not been studied. We present the results of a retrospective chart review of 50 patients with glaucoma referred to a medical social worker between January 5, 2015 and June 31, 2015 in an outpatient clinic of an urban eye hospital.
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