Removal of aqueous humor and conjunctival compression sutures for a dysesthesic filtering bleb: A surgical technique and case report.

Introduction: To present a novel surgical technique for the treatment of a steep-walled filtering bleb following an Ahmed glaucoma valve implant. The primary aim was to alleviate the patient's discomfort and address associated corneal thinning, complications that can arise from this condition.

Methods: Case report and surgical technique.

Combined sewing machine technique cyclopexy With transscleral diode cyclophotocoagulation for complete posttraumatic cyclodialysis.

Purpose: To describe an alternative technique used in massive post-traumatic cyclodialysis. Classic techniques such as direct cyclopexy are performed ab externo and entail a higher risk of endophthalmitis or ciliary body hemorrhage. Therefore we present a case report using combined sewing machine technique cyclopexy with transscleral diode cyclophotocoagulation for complete post-traumatic cyclodialysis.

Influence of corneal biomechanical properties on intraocular pressure measurement in different types of Graves’ orbitopathy.

Background/aims: To compare the ocular biomechanical properties of inactive Grave's orbitopathy (GO) patients and healthy subjects and to evaluate the influence of severity and phenotype of GO on these parameters.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. All included inactive GO patients and healthy controls underwent complete ocular examination, including Goldman applanation tonometry (GAT), corneal biomechanical analysis using Ocular Response Analyser (ORA), and corneal epithelial thickness analysis using Optovue.

Non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy after uneventful delivery in a healthy woman.

Introduction: Non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) is the most common cause of optic nerve swelling and optic neuropathy in adults over 50 years of age. It has been rarely reported during pregnancy, mostly related to systemic and ocular predisposing conditions.

Case Report: We report the case of a 44 years-old healthy female with no previous remarkable clinical history.

Late-onset Endophthalmitis after XEN45 Implantation: A Retrospective Case Series and Literature Review.

Aim And Objective: To report the incidence of late-onset endophthalmitis following XEN45 stent implantation.

Background: Long-term safety profile and efficacy in relation to the so-called microinvasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) techniques are still under evaluation. The XEN45 gel stent entails a bleb formation and often requires postoperative conjunctival management, differing from the current reviewed concept of minimally invasive procedures.

Case Report: Role of Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography in Late-onset Capsular Block Syndrome.

Significance: We report the use of anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) as a valuable tool for capsular block syndrome diagnosis and follow-up.

Purpose: The purposes of this study are to report a case of late-onset capsular block syndrome or lacteocrumenasia and to describe differential diagnosis with other more common phacoemulsification complications such as intraocular lens (IOL) or posterior capsule opacification.

Case Report: We report the case of a 56-year-old man with a clinical history of cataract surgery in his left eye.

Conjunctival bleb tearing by XEN gel stent after conjunctival compression sutures.

Purpose: As minimally invasive glaucoma surgery devices emerge, newer complications are reported. XEN gel stent is safer than classic glaucoma surgery but may also lead to severe adverse effects as hypotony. Compression conjunctival sutures are a useful treatment for overfiltration hypotony after XEN gel stent implantation, but might force bleb tearing by the implant as it gets tightly close to the sutured conjunctiva.

Transscleral versus endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation outcomes for refractory glaucoma.

Objectives: Evaluate the efficacy of transscleral cyclophotocoagulation versus endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation to reduce intraocular pressure.

Methods: A retrospective, non-randomized cohort study with 1 year of follow-up included 62 eyes of 62 refractory glaucoma patients who underwent transscleral cyclophotocoagulation or endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation.

Results: Thirty-two patients were enrolled in transscleral cyclophotocoagulation group and 30 patients in endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation group, and the follow-up period was 1 year.

Malignant glaucoma after XEN45 implant.

Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery for chronic open-angle glaucoma treatment tries to reduce the amount of chronic topical drug treatment, delaying invasive glaucoma surgery and diminishing the number of surgical complications. XEN45 uses subconjunctival drainage in order to reduce intraocular pressure. The report is presented of a patient following phacoemulsification, intraocular lens implantation and XEN45 implant.

Prospective pilot study comparing deep sclerectomy outcomes with a long-term and intense corticosteroid treatment versus a standard one.

Objective: To compare prospectively intraocular pressure (IOP) results after deep sclerectomy (DS) using a topical short-term corticosteroid treatment (STCT, 1  month) versus a topical long-term and intense corticosteroid treatment (LTCT, 6 months) in a two2  year-follow-up.

Methods: Patients with medically uncontrolled open angle glaucoma were prospectively recruited and underwent a DS.

Results: We operated 45 eyes of 45 patients, 22 in STCT group and 23 in LTCT group.

A Novel Surgical Technique for Ahmed Valves in Refractory Glaucoma With Silicone Oil Endotamponade.

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to describe a novel technique to implant Ahmed valves in patients with refractory glaucoma because of silicone oil (SO) endotamponade PATIENTS:: Three patients with glaucoma without SO removal were used as an example for this technique.

Methods: Technique report.

Results And Conclusions: We introduce a standard technique modification for Ahmed valves in patients with SO.

Relationship between corneal hysteresis and lamina cribrosa displacement after medical reduction of intraocular pressure.

Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between the displacement of the lamina cribrosa (LC) and prelaminar tissue with corneal hysteresis (CH) using spectral-domain coherence tomography (SD-OCT) after reducing intraocular pressure (IOP) with medical treatment.

Methods: Sixty-one eyes of 61 patients with ocular hypertension or primary open-angle glaucoma who were going to start with treatment were imaged by means of 12 cross-sectional scans of the optic nerve using enhanced depth imaging SD-OCT before and after 1 week of treatment. We used the 'follow-up' mode to make sure that all the measurements were performed in the same location.

Corneal biomechanics, retinal nerve fiber layer, and optic disc in children.

Purpose: To evaluate the possible associations between corneal biomechanical parameters, optic disc morphology, and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in healthy white Spanish children.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 100 myopic children and 99 emmetropic children as a control group, ranging in age from 6 to 17 years. The Ocular Response Analyzer was used to measure corneal hysteresis (CH) and corneal resistance factor.

Relationship among corneal biomechanics, refractive error, and axial length.

Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between different ocular and corneal biomechanical parameters in emmetropic and ametropic healthy white children.

Methods: This study included 293 eyes of 293 healthy Spanish children (135 boys and 158 girls), ranging in age from 6 to 17 years. Subjects were divided according to the refractive error: control (emmetropia, 99 children), myopia (100 children), and hyperopia (94 children) groups.

Bimatoprost 0.03%/timolol 0.5% preservative-free ophthalmic solution versus bimatoprost 0.03%/timolol 0.5% ophthalmic solution (Ganfort) for glaucoma or ocular hypertension: a 12-week randomised controlled trial.

Aim: To compare the efficacy and safety of single-dose bimatoprost 0.03%/timolol 0.5% preservative-free (PF) ophthalmic solution with bimatoprost 0.

Prevention of vision loss after cataract surgery in diabetic macular edema with intravitreal bevacizumab: a pilot study.

Purpose: To determine whether an intravitreal bevacizumab injection after phacoemulsification can improve cataract surgery visual outcomes in patients with diabetic macular edema by acting on the degree of edema.

Setting: Fundación Oftalmológica del Mediterráneo, Valencia, Spain.

Methods: We selected 26 consecutive diabetic patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy and macular edema who were to undergo cataract surgery, and we divided them into two randomized groups to be studied prospectively.

Photodynamic therapy directly over the optic nerve head to treat a papillary hemangioma.

Purpose: To show how effective photodynamic therapy (PDT) is for papillary hemangioma.

Patient And Methods: During follow-up, a papillary hemangioma in a 7-year-old girl increased in size, reducing visual acuity. PDT (verteporfin at a dose of 6 mg/m body surface area and a light dose of 50 J/cm for 83 seconds) with a spot placed directly over the whole papilla was used to treat the tumor.

Ahmed valve for elevated intraocular pressure associated with black diaphragm lenses for aniridia.

Purpose: To evaluate the Ahmed valve for decrease elevated pressure associated with black diaphragm lenses for aniridia.

Methods: Drainage devices are useful to obtain good control of intraocular pressure in patients with aniridia and the authors often use them because of the poor results of medical therapy or filtering surgery. However, when the elevated intraocular pressure is associated with black diaphragm lenses for aniridia, most authors decide to carry out a filtering technique.

[Contrast sensitivity to intraocular lens TECNIS Z-9000].

Purpose: To evaluate the increase in contrast sensitivity to intraocular lens TECNIS Z-9000 (Pfizer) compared with other intraocular lenses.

Method: We implanted a TECNIS Z-9000 lens in 18 patients who had another type of intraocular lens implanted in their other eye. We then tested contrast sensitivity under both mesopic and photopic conditions using the VCTS (Vision Contrast Test System) provided by Vistech Consultants Inc.