Factors Associated With Differences in the Initial Location of Structural Progression in Normal-Tension Glaucoma.

Prcis: Different clinical factors are associated with the location of the first structural progression in glaucoma.

Purpose: The aim was to investigate the underlying clinical parameters affecting the location of the initial structural progression of glaucoma in patients with normal-tension glaucoma (NTG).

Methods: This retrospective study included 228 eyes of 228 patients with NTG.

Effect of red ginseng on visual function and vision-related quality of life in patients with glaucoma.

Background: Red ginseng has been found to improve ocular perfusion and dry eye syndrome in glaucomatous eyes; however, its effects on visual function and vision-related quality of life have not been investigated. This study sought to evaluate the effects of red ginseng on visual function and vision-related quality of life in glaucoma patients using contrast sensitivity and a questionnaire.

Methods: Participants were randomly assigned to two groups in this prospective, randomized, double-blind study: in one group, red ginseng was taken first, followed by a placebo, and in the other, placebo was taken first, followed by red ginseng.

Effect of image quality fluctuations on the repeatability of thickness measurements in swept-source optical coherence tomography.

This study investigated the effect of image quality fluctuations on the repeatability of thickness measurements of the peripapillary retinal nerve fibre (PP-RNFL) and ganglion cell-inner plexiform (GC-IPL) layers using swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT). Three consecutive OCT scans each were performed on 56 healthy subject. Finally, 168 SS-OCT results were analysed.

Risk Factors Associated with Structural Progression in Normal-Tension Glaucoma: Intraocular Pressure, Systemic Blood Pressure, and Myopia.

Purpose: To determine risk factors associated with structural progression in medically treated normal-tension glaucoma (NTG).

Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 166 NTG patients (average age, 56.5 years; average mean deviation, -4.

Factors associated with macular vessel density measured by optical coherence tomography angiography in healthy and glaucomatous eyes.

Purpose: To investigate factors associated with macular vessel density and to analyze their effects according to glaucoma stage.

Study Design: Retrospective cross-sectional study.

Methods: A total of 72 healthy eyes and 147 open-angle glaucomatous eyes were studied.

Diagnostic ability of vessel density measured by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography angiography for glaucoma in patients with high myopia.

Although early glaucoma detection is important to prevent visual loss due to disease progression, its clinical diagnosis in highly myopic eyes is still difficult. Many studies using optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiography (OCTA) reported decreased vessel density (VD) in glaucomatous eyes compared to normal eyes. We evaluated the diagnostic ability of peripapillary VD and macular VD measured by OCTA, comparing them with conventional valuables such as peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness and macular ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) thickness measured by OCT.

Comparison of circumferential peripheral angle closure using iridotrabecular contact index after laser iridotomy versus combined laser iridotomy and iridoplasty.

Purpose: To compare the quantitative changes of peripheral angle after laser iridotomy (LI) alone (group A) or combined LI and Iridoplasty (group B) using iridotrabecular contact (ITC) index by swept-source anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT).

Methods: In this prospective comparative observational study, OCT images were obtained before and after the procedure. In each image frame, scleral spur (SS) and the ITC end point (EP) were marked and ITC index was calculated as a percentage of the angle closure from 360°.

Diagnostic Value of Ganglion Cell-Inner Plexiform Layer Thickness in Glaucoma With Superior or Inferior Visual Hemifield Defects.

Purpose: To determine the diagnostic value of the ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) thickness in glaucomatous eyes with superior or inferior visual hemifield defects.

Patients And Methods: Eighty-five patients with glaucoma (42 isolated superior hemifield defects and 43 isolated inferior hemifield defects) and 46 normal subjects were enrolled. All patients underwent Cirrus high-definition optical coherence tomography and standard automated perimetry.

Erroneous computer electrocardiogram interpretation of atrial fibrillation and its clinical consequences.

Background: The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and nature of errors made by computer electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis of atrial fibrillation (AF), and the clinical consequences.

Hypothesis: Computer software for interpreting ECGs has advanced.

Methods: A total of 10279 ECGs were collected, automatically interpreted by the built-in ECG software, and then reread by 2 cardiologists.

Spinal cord stimulation for neuropathic pain following idiopathic transverse myelitis: A case report.

We present a patient with intractable neuropathic pain because of idiopathic transverse myelitis unresponsive to medical treatment. After a successful trial of spinal cord stimulation, a permanent stimulator was implanted. Improvement was noted in visual analogue scale, medication usage and daily function.