A Review of Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty: "The Hype Is Real".

Presently, there is no efficacious treatment for glaucomatous optic neuropathy; the current treatment is focused on lowering intraocular pressure (IOP). Studies have demonstrated the safety and efficacy of selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) in reducing the IOP in eyes with open-angle (OAG) glaucoma or ocular hypertension (OH). Moreover, the European Glaucoma Society has instated SLT as the first-line or adjunctive treatment in OAG or OH, reiterating its clinical significance.

Impact of Short-Term Topical Steroid Therapy on Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty Efficacy.

Background: To evaluate whether short-term use of topical steroid therapy affected the efficacy of selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) for primary open-glaucoma (POAG).

Methods: 25 eyes of 25 patients, who used a drop of dexamethasone 0.1% 4 times a day for 7 days as post-laser therapy, formed the Steroid SLT group and 24 eyes of 24 patients, where no topical steroids or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents as post-laser therapy were used, formed the No-steroid SLT group.

SCREENING FOR DIABETIC RETINOPATHY - A TWELVE-MONTH REVIEW.

The purpose is to provide a twelve-month database review of screening for diabetic retinopathy (DR). A total of 1428 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients screened in 2017 were analyzed in a retrospective study. Retinal photographs were reviewed by an ophthalmologist for the presence and stage of DR, as well as for additional nondiabetic findings.

Comparison of the Ocular Trauma Score and Pediatric Ocular Trauma Score as Two Prognostic Models in Pediatric Open Globe Injuries.

Aim: To compare the ocular trauma score (OTS) and the pediatric ocular trauma score (POTS) as prognostic models of visual outcome after open globe injury in children during a period of 19 years.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective study of 36 open globe injuries in 36 patients younger than 18 years was conducted from January 2000 to January 2019. For each case, OTS and POTS points were calculated.

[Cataract Surgery in Very Old Patients].

Background: In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of very old patients requiring a cataract operation. However, there is little information on the intraoperative complications and safety in these patients. For various reasons, operations on patients from age 85 may be demanding: dense nuclear cataract, narrow pupils, low count of endothelial cells, loose zonula, and other ocular or systemic diseases.

[Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomographic Findings in Systemic Lupus erythematosus in Patients Treated with Chloroquine].

Purpose: To recognise possible retinal changes in patients with SLE treated with chloroquine phosphate, as depending on the duration of treatment.

Methods: The study included 41 patients (82 eyes) who received treatment for SLE with chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine phosphate and had not previously been diagnosed with retinal pathology. Participants were divided into two groups according to the duration of treatment.

Comparative study of the efficacy of selective laser trabeculoplasty as initial or adjunctive treatment for primary open-angle glaucoma.

Aim: The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of selective laser trabeculoplasty as initial or adjunctive treatment for primary open-angle glaucoma in a retrospective chart review.

Methods: 28 eyes of 28 patients with newly diagnosed primary open-angle glaucoma, who formed the initial selective laser trabeculoplasty group, and 31 eyes of 31 patients suffering from medical uncontrolled primary open-angle glaucoma, who formed the adjunctive selective laser trabeculoplasty group, were treated with 180° selective laser trabeculoplasty. Patients were evaluated 1, 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after treatment.

Phacoemulsification in isolated endogenous Candida albicans anterior uveitis with lens abscess in an intravenous methadone user.

We report the clinical course of a 31-year-old former intravenous drug user on methadone substitution therapy who injected methadone mixed with orange juice. She developed isolated metastatic Candida albicans anterior uveitis, which was treated with adequate systemic and local antifungal therapy. The uveitis regressed, but despite adequate local and systemic treatment, a lens abscess developed.

[Posterior capsule opacification after phacoemulsification in patients with rheumatoid arthritis].

Purpose: To assess the posterior capsule opacification (PCO) rate after phacoemulsification with polyacrylic intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) compared with the controls, and to assess whether preoperative activity of RA is associated with a higher incidence of PCO.

Methods: 24 eyes of 20 RA patients operated in a period of 4 years were included in our study. A control group of 20 eyes from 20 health subjects were also included in our study.

Ocular blood flow velocity determined by color Doppler imaging in diabetic retinopathy.

Purpose: To measure and investigate changes of blood flow velocity by color Doppler imaging in the ophthalmic artery (OA), central retinal artery (CRA) and short posterior ciliary arteries (PCA) in diabetic retinopathy (DR) and to compare the results with those in healthy control subjects.

Methods: In this investigation we included 44 eyes of 44 diabetic patients with different stages of DR forming group NPDR (11 eyes with mild and 11 eyes with moderate nonproliferative DR) and group SNPDR/PDR (19 eyes with severe nonproliferative and 3 eyes with proliferative DR) and 22 eyes of 22 healthy age- and sex-matched subjects forming control group HC. With color Doppler imaging we measured the peak systolic velocity (PSV, cm/s) and end-diastolic velocity (EDV, cm/s) of blood flow in the OA, CRA and PCA.

[Efficacy of selective laser trabeculoplasty in the treatment of primary open-angle glaucoma].

Background: Our aim was to investigate the efficacy of selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) for the treatment of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in a prospective clinical study.

Patients And Methods: In 36 eyes of 36 patients suffering from uncontrolled POAG, treatment was carried out with a frequency-doubled, Q-switched Nd:YAG laser (532 nm). The intraocular pressure (IOP) was measured before the treatment and one day, one week, one month and 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42 and 48 months after.