Laser peripheral iridotomy with iridoplasty in primary angle closure suspect: anterior chamber analysis by pentacam.

Purpose: To compare conventional laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI) and LPI combined with laser peripheral iridoplasty in eyes with primary angle closure suspect (PACS) by assessment of anterior chamber dimensional changes using a Pentacam.

Methods: Forty-eight eyes of 24 subjects with bilateral PACS were recruited consecutively. Each eye was randomly allocated to treatment with conventional LPI, argon LPI only, or LPI plus iridoplasty, which consisted of simultaneous argon LPI and peripheral iridoplasty.

Structure-function relationships in normal and glaucomatous eyes determined by time- and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.

Purpose: To compare the relationships between retinal mean sensitivity (MS) and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness, as measured by time-domain (TD) and spectral-domain (SD) optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Methods: Recruited subjects were divided into normal, glaucoma suspect, and glaucoma groups. RNFL thickness was measured with TD- and SD-OCT, and MS was assessed with visual field perimetry and expressed in decibels and 1/L, where L is luminance in lamberts.

Correlation between disc damage likelihood scale and optical coherence tomography in the diagnosis of glaucoma.

Purpose: To investigate the relationship between the Disc Damage Likelihood Scale (DDLS), visual field and various optical coherence tomography (OCT) parameters for glaucoma diagnosis.

Methods: The study comprised 149 eyes from 149 patients. The patients were categorized as normal, glaucoma suspect or with glaucoma.

Subconjunctival bevacizumab as an adjunct to trabeculectomy in eyes with refractory glaucoma: a case series.

This prospective observational case series study included 6 eyes of 6 consecutive glaucomatous patients. Each patient underwent trabeculectomy with mitomycin C, and received a 1.25 mg of subconjunctival bevacizumab injection at completion of the trabeculectomy.

A prospective audit on the validity of written informed consent prior to glaucoma surgery: an Asian perspective.

Purpose: To assess the validity of written informed consent taken from patients prior to undergoing glaucoma surgery by testing their ability to understand the information offered to them during the consent-taking process.

Methods: Seventy-three patients were asked to complete a standardised confidential questionnaire after giving a written informed consent. Surgeons who were taking the consent were also requested to submit their self-evaluation form.