Glaucoma progression detection: agreement, sensitivity, and specificity of expert visual field evaluation, event analysis, and trend analysis.

Purpose: To assess sensitivity, specificity, and agreement among automated event analysis, automated trend analysis, and expert evaluation to detect glaucoma progression.

Methods: This was a prospective study that included 37 eyes with a follow-up of 36 months. All had glaucomatous disks and fields and performed reliable visual fields every 6 months.

Orbital cellulitis and endogenous endophthalmitis secondary to Proteus mirabilis cholecystitis.

We report the first case of orbital cellulitis and endogenous endophthalmitis secondary to Proteus mirabilis bacteremia that resulted from a calculus cholecystitis. Despite resolution of the gallbladder infection with antimicrobial therapy, the patient required evisceration of the affected eye. The pathogenesis of hematogenous endophthalmitis due to Gram-negative bacilli is discussed.

Laser-assisted deep sclerectomy.

Purpose: To study the clinical effectiveness of deep sclerectomy using the erbium:YAG (Er:YAG) laser in patients with open-angle glaucoma (OAG).

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Institut Universitari Dexeus, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Methods: This nonrandomized prospective clinical study was performed in 46 consecutive eyes with OAG.