Evaluation of the Ex-PRESS(®) P-50 implant under scleral flap in combined cataract and glaucoma surgery.

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of glaucoma drainage device Ex-PRESS(®) P-50 for combined cataract surgery and glaucoma.

Methods: Patients having cataract and open angle glaucoma or patients with open advanced glaucoma which needed two or more antiglaucoma medications were included. Combined cataract surgery and glaucoma with Ex-PRESS(®) P-50 model placed under scleral flap was performed.

ExPRESS Shunt Surgery for Glaucoma with Post-Traumatic Aniridia.

A 76-year-old male presented with post-traumatic aphakia and aniridia in the right eye. The ocular pressure was 24 mmHg despite treatment with mixed eyedrops of timolol 0.5% and dorzolamide, brimonidine 0.

The relationship between floppy eyelid syndrome and obstructive sleep apnoea.

Purpose: To determine the prevalence of eyelid hyperlaxity and floppy eyelid syndrome (FES) in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), and the presence of OSA in FES.

Participants: One-hundred and fourteen patients who had been consecutively admitted for OSA evaluation and 45 patients with FES in which sleep studies were recorded.

Methods: Subjects underwent eyelid laxity measurement, slit-lamp examination and polysomnography.

Pterygium surgery by means of conjunctival autograft: long term follow-up.

Purpose: To demonstrate the long term of follow-up of the recurrence rate after conjunctival autograft for pterygium surgery.

Methods: A total of 112 patients operated for pterygium with conjunctival autografts and with more than one year follow-up were registered. Patients were called for voluntary examinations of their respective ocular surface statuses.

Mental slowness and executive dysfunctions in patients with metabolic syndrome.

Metabolic Syndrome is a cluster of vascular risk factors which has been related to dementia and cognitive decline. The aim of this study was to describe the neuropsychological profile of metabolic syndrome patients. An extensive neuropsychological protocol was administered to 55 patients and 35 controls assessing memory, executive, visuoperceptual and visuoconstructive functions, language and speed of processing.