Publications by authors named "Xin-bo Gao"
Aim: To explore the learning curve for ophthalmologists at the start of laser peripheral iridectomy (LPI) training.
Methods: The learning curve of 4 doctor groups without previous LPI experience was studied. Three main parameters of LPI were reviewed: total energy, argon energy and neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) energy.
Aim: To compare the outcomes of Ex-PRESS implantation in one eye versus trabeculectomy with mitomycin C in the fellow eye in Chinese patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).
Methods: This was a prospective, non-randomized comparative study. Forty-eight eyes of 24 patients with bilateral POAG necessitating surgery were included and underwent Ex-PRESS implantation under the scleral flap in one eye and trabeculectomy in the other eye according to patients' choice.
Background: This study aims to evaluate concentrations of pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A in aqueous of patients with neovascular glaucoma prior to, and shortly after, an intravitreal ranibizumab injection.
Design: Interventional comparative study.
Participants: The study included patients undergoing an intravitreal ranibizumab injection about one week before anti-glaucomatous surgery (study group) or who underwent routine cataract surgery (control group).
Objective: To investigate the ocular blood-aqueous barrier (BAB) alteration after laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI) or surgery peripheral iridectomy (SPI) in patients with primary chronic angle-closure glaucoma (PCACG).
Methods: This was a clinical randomized controlled trial. Sixty eyes of 60 subjects with early stage of PCACG were randomly received either LPI or SPI and followed up postoperatively at day 3, week 1, 2, 3, and 4.