Historically, visual acuity has been the benchmark for visual function. It is used to measure therapeutic outcomes for vision-related services, products and interventions. Quantitative measurement of suboptimal visual acuity can potentially be corrected optically with proper refraction in some cases, but in many cases of reduced vision there is something else more serious that can potentially impact other aspects of visual function such as contrast sensitivity, color discrimination, peripheral field of view and higher-order visual processing.
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September 2018
Purpose: To compare the efficacy of ab-interno trabeculotomy with Trabectome® in mild glaucoma versus moderate/severe glaucoma along the spectrum of glaucoma disease severity.
Methods: Subjects with at least 12 months follow-up were separated into two groups based on glaucoma severity. Severity was determined based on optic nerve cup-to-disc ratio and/or automated visual field data, with cup-to-disc ratio < 0.
Purpose: Tube exposure remains one of the most common complications after glaucoma drainage device (GDD) implantation, despite various types of patch grafts available today. We present a 4 patient case series following the effectivity of the keratolimbal allograft (KLAL) as a patch graft for cases of tube exposure. Given its inherent population of stem cells, our hypothesis was that this highly replicative, biological tissue would provide an adequate means of glaucoma tube coverage.
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