Long-term efficacy and safety of ExPress implantation for treatment of open angle glaucoma.

Aim: To compare the long-term efficacy and safety of ExPress implantation and standard trabeculectomy in patients with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG).

Methods: In this retrospective study, we compared 17 eyes treated by ExPress implantation with 23 eyes treated by trabeculectomy. Efficacy was assessed according to the relevant intraocular pressure (IOP) values and success rates during the first year of follow-up.

Ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness according to myopia and optic disc area: a quantitative and three-dimensional analysis.

Background: To determine the influences of myopia and optic disc size on ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness profiles obtained by spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Methods: One hundred and sixty-eight eyes of 168 young myopic subjects were recruited and assigned to one of three groups according to their spherical equivalent (SE) values and optic disc area. All underwent Cirrus HD-OCT imaging.

Factors affecting refractive outcome after cataract surgery in primary angle-closure glaucoma.

Background: To evaluate the biometric factors associated with the accuracy of intraocular lens power predictions for cataract surgery in primary angle-closure (PAC) or primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) eyes.

Design: Cross-sectional study PARTICIPANTS: This study included 103 PAC or PACG patients who had undergone cataract surgery.

Methods: All participants underwent anterior-segment optical coherence tomography preoperatively.

Prevalence and risk factors of superior segmental optic hypoplasia in a Korean population: the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Background: This study investigated the prevalence and risk factors for superior segmental optic hypoplasia (SSOH) in a Korean population based on the data from the nationwide Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES).

Methods: We performed a retrospective review of the KNHANES dataset covering January 2012 to December 2012. The study population comprised 5,612 subjects (≥19 years of age) who had participated in a medical interview covering demographic and systemic information, been issued a questionnaire regarding associated SSOH risk factors including gender, age, systemic disease, and family history, and had undergone an ophthalmologic examination.

Quantitative analysis of localized retinal nerve fiber layer defects using spectral domain optical coherence tomography.

Purpose: To compare the topographic features of localized retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) defects presented in red-free RNFL photography and spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT), and to evaluate the correlation with structural and functional parameters.

Methods: Sixty eyes with localized RNFL defects in red-free RNFL photographs were included. RNFL thickness map and significance map were obtained by SD-OCT.