Publications by authors named "Patrick H Le"
Background: Healthcare systems are shifting toward "patient-centered" care often without assessing the values important to patients. Analogously, the interests of the patient may be disparate with physician interests, as pay-for-performance models become common. The purpose of the study was to determine which medical preferences are essential for patients during their surgical care.
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- The study examines the diagnostic agreement of different parameters (optic disk, retinal nerve fiber layer, and ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer) in identifying early glaucoma.
- Despite some fair agreements among the classifications, an abnormal finding in any single area can suffice for an early glaucoma diagnosis.
- The comparative analysis suggests that while the overall classification agreements are fair, the best results come from comparing RNFL and rim area against VCDR, indicating variable reliability across different tests.
Precis: Ahmed and Baerveldt implants succeed in 90.7% of cases for lowering intraocular pressure (IOP) <21 mm Hg at 1 year when used for the treatment of juvenile open-angle glaucoma.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to report the 1-year outcomes of Ahmed and Baerveldt tubes as the treatment for juvenile open-angle glaucoma at an academic institution.