Does prior endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation (ECP) affect subsequent trabeculectomy outcomes?

Purpose: To report long-term outcomes of trabeculectomy following prior endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation (ECP).

Methods: Retrospective case-controlled comparative study reporting 2-year outcomes of eyes undergoing trabeculectomy following failed prior ECP (group 1), using eyes undergoing trabeculectomy as a primary glaucoma procedure as controls (group 2).

Results: Filtration surgery was required in only 19.

Self-Monitoring of Intraocular Pressure Outside of Normal Office Hours Using Rebound Tonometry: Initial Clinical Experience in Patients With Normal Tension Glaucoma.

Purpose: To determine the value and accuracy of 24-hour intraocular pressure (IOP) phasing using Icare ONE rebound tonometry (RTONE), in subjects with normal tension glaucoma (NTG).

Methods: Eighteen consecutive patients with treated NTG were studied, all subjects had undergone 24-hour IOP phasing during a 1-year period. Each patient had daytime (08:00 to 16:00) IOP phasing with Goldmann applanation tonometer at 2-hourly intervals; at these same time points an IOP reading was also obtained by the patient using RTONE.

Potential contamination of the G-probe used for transscleral cyclodiode.

Aim: To present a case where we noted occult contamination of the G-probe used for transscleral cyclodiode and to critically analyze the techniques used for making a G-probe suitable for repeated use.

Materials And Methods: Close microscopic examination of the G-probes used once for transscleral cyclodiode was done and a critical review of the literature on practice of reuse of the G-probe and the techniques used to "cleanse" the probe before reuse was performed.

Results: We noticed microscopic contamination of the G-probe by the tear film fluid in all the probes examined by us.

In the bag IOL dislocation following uncomplicated phacoemulsification.

We present two cases of early post-operative, in the bag intraocular lens (IOL) dislocation following uncomplicated phacoemulsification. Dislocation occurred in the presence of capsular fibrosis and anterior capsular phimosis. One patient was a known diabetic, the other diagnosed with pseudoexfoliation syndrome.