Peripapillary and fovea avascular zone optical coherence tomography angiography parameters in exfoliation glaucoma versus primary open-angle glaucoma versus healthy eyes.

Purpose: To examine the differences in the peripapillary vascular parameters and foveal-avascular-zone (FAZ) vascularity parameters between primary open-angle-glaucoma (POAG) patients versus exfoliation-glaucoma (XFG) patients versus healthy subjects.

Methods: This is cross-sectional study and a comparative clinical study. POAG and XFG patients and healthy subjects underwent a comprehensive ophthalmic examination, including visual field optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography (OCTA) of the optic disc and FAZ.

Exfoliation syndrome: association with systemic diseases-the Maccabi glaucoma study.

Purpose: To investigate the relationship between exfoliation syndrome (XFS) and systemic diseases.

Methods: A population-based, retrospective study with control group was conducted using the electronic medical database of Maccabi Health Services, the second largest Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) in Israel. Study population included Maccabi members from January 2003 to April 2016.

ISOPT Hot Topic Panel Discussion on Glaucoma.

As part of the 14th International Symposium on Ocular and Pharmacological Therapeutics, a unique panel was gathered to discuss two cardinal questions related to the treatment of glaucoma, peeking into the future: (1) What shape and form will glaucoma medical treatment have five and fifteen years from today, and (2) Will personalized medicine be commonly used five years from now. For each of the questions, we assigned an "optimist" and "pessimist" who provided the assigned point of view, for a total of 4 discussants, the authors of this panel discussion.

Microarchitecture of Schlemm Canal Before and After Cataract Extraction Surgery.

Precis: Schlemm canal (SC) expands after cataract extraction (CE), both in the area and in volume by 25% as was measured using enhanced-depth imaging optical coherent tomography (EDI-OCT) in patients before and 1 week after CE.

Purpose: This study aims to characterize the structural and volume changes on the microstructure of SC in patients before and after uneventful phacoemulsification CE by using EDI-OCT.

Materials And Methods: Forty-one serial horizontal EDI-OCT B-scans (interval between B-scans, 69 µm) were obtained in the nasal corneoscleral limbus before and 1 week after CE.