Longitudinal Change in Peripheral Anterior Chamber Depth of Eyes with Angle Closure after Laser Iridotomy.

Purpose: To investigate longitudinal changes in peripheral anterior chamber depth (pACD) of eyes with angle closure after laser iridotomy (LI) and factors related to prognosis.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Methods: Eyes with primary angle closure (PAC), acute PAC, or chronic angle closure glaucoma (CACG) that underwent LI (LI group) and eyes that underwent phacoemulsification and intraocular lens insertion (PEA + IOL group) were employed.

Persistence with topical glaucoma therapy among newly diagnosed Japanese patients.

Purpose: To investigate persistence with glaucoma medication use and factors associated with it among newly diagnosed Japanese patients.

Patients And Methods: The subjects of this study were Japanese patients entered in the Japan Health Insurance Society database who were newly diagnosed as having glaucoma and who had been prescribed antiglaucoma medication. Newly diagnosed was defined as having no history of glaucoma diagnosis, antiglaucoma medication use, or glaucoma surgery, including laser treatment, during at least 6 months prior to enrollment.

Five-year incidence of angle closure among glaucoma health examination participants.

Background And Aim: To investigate incidence of angle closure (AC) and its associated factors through a community-based longitudinal study over a 5-year period.

Methods: Japanese residents aged 40 years or over who underwent two glaucoma health examinations held in 2005 and 2010 were enrolled. Of the participants of the first glaucoma health examination (first examination), those who satisfied exclusion criteria such as having eyes with angle closure, glaucoma, incisional ocular surgery, or other conditions that could influence the results were eliminated from the second glaucoma health examination (second examination).

Role of retinal glial cell glutamate transporters in retinal ganglion cell survival following stimulation of NMDA receptor.

Purpose: To investigate the role of glutamate transporters (GLTs)in retinal glial cells that were treated with N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), in retinal ganglion cell (RGC) survival.

Methods: Primary cultures of retinal glial cells or RGCs from 3-day-old Sprague-Dawley rats were employed in the present study. Retinal glial cells were treated with NMDA and changes in GLT mRNA and protein expression were analyzed.

Comparison of the anterior ocular segment measurements using swept-source optical coherent tomography and a scanning peripheral anterior chamber depth analyzer.

Purpose: To compare the anterior ocular segment measurements of two non-contact devices, i.e., anterior segment swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) and the scanning peripheral anterior chamber depth analyzer (SPAC), in patients with glaucoma.

Longitudinal changes in anterior chamber configuration in eyes with open-angle glaucoma and associated factors.

Purpose: To investigate longitudinal changes in anterior chamber depth (ACD) and anterior chamber angle (ACA) and the associated factors in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma using the scanning peripheral ACD analyzer.

Methods: The scanning peripheral ACD analyzer evaluated ACD by numeric grade (ACDG 1 to 12) and ACA twice in 2003 and 2008. The exclusion criteria were as follows: history of laser or incisional surgery, other ocular diseases that may affect visual field, visual acuity less than 20/30, and treatment with pilocarpine ophthalmic solution.

Changes in peripheral anterior chamber depth of a case of relapsing polychondritis with recurrent secondary angle closure glaucoma section sign.

A case of relapsing polychondritis showed IOP elevations three times during the follow-up due to the angle-closure mechanism. The peripheral anterior chamber depth (ACD) showed a good correlation with IOP elevation, but central ACD did not. The peripheral ACD could be more related to IOP elevation than central ACD.