Publications by authors named "James F Martone"
Purpose Of Review: Ocular perfusion pressure (OPP) is defined as the difference between BP and intraocular pressure (IOP). With low BP comes low OPP and resultant ischemic damage to the optic nerve, leading to glaucoma progression. The purpose of this article is to review the literature on BP as it relates to glaucoma and to create a forum of discussion between ophthalmologists and internal medicine specialists.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To evaluate the efficacy of repeat 360-degree selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) in glaucoma patients with prior successful 360-degree SLT.
Design: Retrospective chart review.
Methods: Forty-four eyes of 35 patients, > or =18 years of age, with open-angle glaucoma (primary open-angle, pseudoexfoliation, or pigmentary glaucoma), uncontrolled on maximum tolerable medical therapy, underwent an initial 360-degree SLT (SLT1), which was successful for > or =6 months, but eventually lost efficacy and was followed by a repeat 360-degree SLT (SLT2).
Purpose: To compare the intraocular pressure (IOP) response to a modified protocol for selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) to standard protocols for SLT and argon laser trabeculoplasty (ALT).
Materials And Methods: A retrospective study of 318 eyes of 284 patients diagnosed with either primary open angle, pigmentary or pseudoexfoliation glaucoma who underwent laser trabeculoplasty from September 1997 to September 2005. One hundred and two patients, who underwent a modified SLT protocol with 100 overlapping laser spots over 180 degrees of trabecular meshwork were compared with 89 patients who received SLT with 100 nonoverlapping spots over 360 degrees and another 127 patients who received ALT with 50 spots over 180 degrees.
Purpose: To determine the additive intraocular pressure reduction of various topical glaucoma agents used adjunctively with latanoprost.
Design: Retrospective interventional case series.
Methods: Retrospective evaluation of 73 eyes of 73 patients with glaucoma and inadequate intraocular pressure control on latanoprost alone.