Intermediate-term results of Baerveldt tube shunt surgery with mitomycin C use.

Background And Objective: To study the intermediate-term results of the Baerveldt glaucoma drainage device with adjunctive use of intraoperative mitomycin C.

Patients And Methods: Charts of 243 consecutive patients with advanced glaucoma who had undergone tube shunt surgery between 1992 and 1999 were retrospectively analyzed. A total of 64 patients were eligible for the study.

Posner-Schlossman syndrome and nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.

A 41-year-old woman with acute OD pain and decreased visual acuity presented with anterior uveitis, an intraocular pressure of 56 mm Hg, an open angle, ipsilateral nerve fiber bundle visual field defects, and optic nerve edema. With control of intraocular pressure and uveitis, visual acuity improved to 20/25, visual field defects persisted, and optic disc pallor developed. She has remained stable over 23 months of follow-up.

Effect of cataract and pupil size on image quality with confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy.

Objective: To determine the effect of pupil size and cataract on the reproducibility and image quality obtained with confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy.

Methods: Three image series were obtained with a confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope (Heidelberg Retina Tomograph, Heidelberg, Germany) before and after pupillary dilation in each of 39 subjects (8 normal subjects, 5 glaucoma suspects, and 26 patients with glaucoma). The cataract density was measured with both a lens opacity meter and the Lens Opacities Classification System III system.