The Relationship between Serous Choroidal Detachment and the Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Failure.

Purpose: To investigate the effect of serous choroidal detachment (SCD) on the success of Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implantation.

Methods: Patients who underwent AGV implantation and developed SCD were included in the case group. The control group was matched based on age, sex, baseline intraocular pressure (IOP), glaucoma type, and the number of glaucoma medications.

Glaucoma in Ectropion Uveae Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Purpose: To report a case of advanced childhood glaucoma secondary to congenital ectropion uveae (CEU).

Case Report: The patient was a seven-year-old boy with unilateral glaucoma secondary to CEU and facial asymmetry, mild unilateral ptosis, and proptosis in the left eye. The intraocular pressure (IOP) was 28 mmHg and cup-to-disc ratio was 0.

Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Implantation: Graft-Free Short Tunnel Small Flap versus Scleral Patch Graft after 1-Year Follow-up: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Purpose: To compare the efficacy and safety of the graft-free short tunnel small flap (STSF) technique with that of the scleral patch graft (SPG) in Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) (New World Medical Inc, Rancho Cucamonga, CA) implantation.

Design: Randomized clinical trial.

Participants: A total of 203 eyes of 203 patients with medically uncontrolled glaucoma, including 102 in the STSF group and 101 in the SPG group.

Clinicopathological study of lacrimal sac specimens obtained during DCR.

Purpose: To determine the histopathologic characteristics of lacrimal sac specimens in adult patients undergoing external dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) for acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction.

Methods: A total of 471 lacrimal sac biopsies were obtained from 449 patients undergoing external DCR for symptoms or signs of acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction and examined histopathologically.

Results: A total of 449 subjects including 283 (63%) female and 166 (37%) male subjects with mean age of 50.