J Curr Glaucoma Pract
October 2024
Purpose: To analyze the outcomes of the iStent inject in a real-world clinical setting as a standalone procedure to lower intraocular pressure (IOP) in open-angle glaucoma.
Materials And Methods: Patients with open-angle glaucoma having undergone iStent inject insertion without concurrent cataract extraction were included in this multicenter observational real-world study in Australia. Patient data was entered into the Fight Glaucoma Blindness! Registry.
As one of the most efficacious glaucoma surgical techniques, trabeculectomy is considered by many surgeons to be the "gold standard" intra-ocular pressure (IOP)-reducing intervention. The purpose of this study is to present our intra-operative flow-adjusted surgical method, which aims to provide safety and efficacy more simply than previous methods. Retrospectively, we evaluated outcomes for trabeculectomy or phacotrabeculectomy in surgery-naïve eyes over three years for patients with glaucoma not associated with other ocular co-morbidities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To analyse real-world outcomes in Asian eyes of iStent inject, a second-generation trabecular micro-bypass stent, combined with phacoemulsification.
Methods: This is a multi-centre, observational study of glaucomatous Asian eyes that have undergone iStent inject implantation combined with cataract surgery. Patient data were extracted from the Fight Glaucoma Blindness! Registry.
Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila)
December 2023
Background: To compare real-world 24-month outcomes of phacoemulsification combined with either iStent inject or Hydrus Microstent.
Methods: Analysis of data from the Fight Glaucoma Blindness (FGB) international registry. Anonymized data from 344 eyes with mild-to-moderate open-angle glaucoma, normal-tension glaucoma or ocular hypertension that underwent phacoemulsification combined with either iStent inject (224) or Hydrus Microstent (120) were included.
After a long period of little change, glaucoma surgery has experienced a dramatic rise in the number of possible procedures in the last two decades. Glaucoma filtering surgeries with mitomycin C and glaucoma drainage devices remain the standard of surgical care. Other newer surgeries, some of which are minimally or microinvasive glaucoma surgeries, target existing trabecular outflow, enhance suprachoroidal outflow, create subconjunctival blebs, or reduce aqueous production.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To describe the development and implementation of a web-based high-quality data collection tool to track the outcomes of glaucoma treatments in routine practice.
Methods And Analysis: This is a prospective observational registry study. An international steering committee undertook an iterative structured process to define a minimum, patient-centred data set designed to track outcomes of glaucoma treatment.
Purpose: This multicenter study evaluated 2-year effectiveness and safety following implantation of two second-generation trabecular micro-bypass stents (iStent ) with phacoemulsification.
Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective study of iStent implantation with phacoemulsification by nine surgeons across Australia. Eyes had mild to advanced glaucoma (predominantly primary open-angle/POAG, appositional angle-closure/ACG, or normal-tension/NTG) or ocular hypertension (OHT), and cataract.
Aim: The aim of this article is to evaluate the rate of patients developing sustained elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) after ranibizumab (Lucentis) intravitreal (IVT) injections.
Design: This is a retrospective study.
Participants: Charts of 192 consecutive patients receiving Lucentis for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) were retrospectively reviewed.
Background: The purpose of this study was to analyse the relationship between optic nerve head (ONH) parameters measured by spectral domain optical coherence tomography and confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope.
Design: Prospective, cross-sectional study. Hospital setting.
Background: The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between retinal nerve fibre layer thickness measured by spectral domain optical coherence tomography and confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope.
Design: Prospective, cross-sectional study. Hospital setting.