Outcome and Complications of Combined Modified Deep Sclerectomy and Trabeculectomy for Surgical Management of Glaucoma: A Pilot Study.

Purpose: To report the outcome and complications of a combined surgical technique of modified deep sclerectomy and trabeculectomy (mDST) for glaucoma.

Patients And Methods: Retrospective study of 44 eyes of 43 patients with open and closed angle glaucoma who underwent mDST. Outcome measures were: Surgical Success with 3 criteria - (i) criterion 1 = intraocular pressure (IOP) ≤21 mmHg or reduced by ≥20% of pre-operative IOP or IOP ≥6 mmHg on 2 consecutive time points after 3 months; (ii) criterion 2 = IOP ≤18 mmHg or reduced by ≥30% of pre-operative IOP or IOP ≥6 mmHg on 2 consecutive time points after 3 months and (iii) criterion 3 = IOP ≤15 mmHg or reduced by ≥40% of pre-operative IOP or IOP ≥6 mmHg on 2 consecutive time points after 3 months; IOP Reduction; Use of Anti-glaucoma Medication; Complications; Visual Acuity and Postoperative Interventions.

Phacoemulsification vs phacoemulsification with micro-bypass stent implantation in primary angle closure and primary angle closure glaucoma: A randomized single-masked clinical study.

Importance: Primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) is a major cause of irreversible visual impairment in Asia, but there is no published data on the effect of iStent on these patients.

Background: To compare the efficacy and safety of combined phacoemulsification and iStent implantation with standard phacoemulsification in an Asian population.

Design: A prospective, single-masked, randomized study in a public tertiary eye clinic.

Young's Modulus Determination of Normal and Glaucomatous Human Iris.

Purpose: To evaluate the biomechanical properties (Young's modulus) of normal (control) and glaucomatous human iris using atomic force microscopy (AFM).

Methods: Iris tissue obtained from eighteen glaucomatous subjects (equal number of eyes with primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) and primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) and five normal subjects who underwent elective eye surgery were subjected to the estimation of Young's modulus by AFM. Force measurements were done at room temperature using Nanowizard II BioAFM.

Case Series of Combined iStent Implantation and Phacoemulsification in Eyes with Primary Angle Closure Disease: One-Year Outcomes.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of combined iStent® trabecular micro-bypass device (Glaukos, Laguna Hills, CA) and phacoemulsification in eyes with primary angle closure disease.

Methods: A two-center prospective interventional case series of consecutive patients with primary angle closure (PAC) or primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) on at least one glaucoma medication, who underwent iStent implantation with cataract surgery. Postoperatively, patients were assessed on days 1 and 7, and months 1, 3, 6, and 12.

Ophthalmia due to spitting cobra venom in an urban setting--a report of three cases.

To describe three presentations of spitting cobra venom induced ophthalmia in urban Singapore. Case notes and photographs of three patients with venom ophthalmia who presented to our clinic between 2007 and 2012 were reviewed. Two patients encountered the spitting cobra while working at a job site while the third patient had caught the snake and caged it.

Survey on the knowledge of age-related macular degeneration and its risk factors among Singapore residents.

Purpose: To assess the awareness of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and its risk factors among Singapore residents.

Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based telephone survey was conducted to ascertain the awareness of AMD with regards to knowledge of the disease entity and possible risk factors among Singapore residents. A Singapore residential telephone directory was used to identify potential households by choosing the first and last entries on randomly selected pages.

Resolution of an abnormal preferential hyperacuity perimetry test result resulting from epiretinal membrane after successful surgical removal.

Purpose: To report resolution of an abnormal preferential hyperacuity perimetry test result resulting from idiopathic epiretinal membrane after successful pars plana vitrectomy and membrane peeling.

Methods: An observational case report.

Patient: A 51-year-old otherwise healthy woman presented with a gradual decrease in vision and metamorphopsia in her left eye for a duration of 3 months without any antecedent history of ocular surgery, trauma, or disorder.

Anomalous bilateral lateral rectus muscles and anterior polar cataract with dysmorphic features.

Congenital anomalies, such as absence, hypoplasia, bifurcation, or reduplication of various extraocular muscles, including lateral rectus muscles have been reported previously. We report a 5-year-old girl who had posteriorly malinserted lateral rectus at 15 mm from the limbus in the right eye with multiple associated ocular and systemic congenital malformations.

Laser treatment for retinopathy of prematurity through the incubator wall.

In this era of early treatment for retinopathy of prematurity, sick infants who develop aggressive diseases or remain oxygen and temperature dependent may be treated while they are inside the incubator itself, thus avoiding unnecessary delays. This article describes the treatment of eight infants with retinopathy of prematurity who were dependent on an incubator by using a laser indirect ophthalmoscope delivery system through the slanting transparent wall of the incubator. In this series, which is the largest to date, the relative advantages and disadvantages of the procedure are discussed.

Retinopathy of prematurity in Asian Indian babies weighing greater than 1250 grams at birth: ten year data from a tertiary care center in a developing country.

Background: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is an important cause of childhood blindness in developing countries.

Aim: To report the spectrum of ROP and associated risk factors in babies weighing > 1250 g at birth in a developing country.

Setting And Design: Institutional, retrospective, non-randomized, observational clinical case series.