Precis: In African American patients with glaucoma, iStent/phacoemulsification lowered intraocular pressure and reduced glaucoma medication usage for up to 1 year, even in patients with prior selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT).
Purpose: Currently, no studies have examined the outcomes of a trabecular microbypass stent and phacoemulsification in African American patients. Here, the authors investigate whether iStent/phacoemulsification decreases intraocular pressure (IOP) and/or medication usage in African American patients with glaucoma.
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging
November 2009
Background And Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide 1 week before photodynamic therapy (PDT) with verteporfin in the treatment of exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Patients And Methods: Retrospective chart review of 70 eyes of 66 consecutive patients who were treated with intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide followed by standard PDT 1 week later. Group 1 consisted of 42 eyes that received one or more previous treatments with PDT alone and responded poorly.