Glaucoma filtration surgery plays an important role in achieving intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction in patients who have high IOP despite maximum medical therapy. Preclinical experimental models of glaucoma filtration surgery contribute a great deal to our knowledge of the wound healing processes that predispose to scarring and may lead to poor outcomes. However, this research needs to be interpreted in the light of the specific study design, animal model and methods used. We review the existing literature addressing various models of experimental glaucoma filtration surgery, discuss the considerations in assessing these models and describe future steps in evaluating potential therapeutics and bleb characteristics that could impact translational research in this field.
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World J Clin Cases
December 2024
Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Central de San Isidro "Dr. Melchor Angel Posse", Buenos Aires 1641, Argentina.
Altwijri and Alsirhy reported a case of uveitis-glaucoma-hyphema syndrome after an Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation surgery in an advanced primary open-angle glaucoma patient, being the first ever recorded of its kind. The author describes the position of the tube as the origin of the anterior chamber inflammation and hyphema, which resolved shortly after shortening and relocating it. This publication emphasizes the importance of precise implant positioning and close-up patient follow-up after glaucoma filtration surgery as an important standard for healthcare providers.
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December 2024
Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Purpose: To characterize long-term real-world clinical outcomes of standalone canaloplasty and trabeculotomy using the OMNI Surgical System (Sight Sciences) in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).
Design: Retrospective, clinical cohort study utilizing the American Academy of Ophthalmology IRIS® Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight) data.
Subjects: Patients/eyes in the IRIS Registry with POAG or ocular hypertension with known laterality on or after January 1, 2016 and undergoing standalone canaloplasty and trabeculotomy using the OMNI Surgical System with at least 6 months and up to 36 months of postoperative follow-up were included.
Int Med Case Rep J
December 2024
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Purpose: To report cytokine/chemokine profiles of ocular fluid in two patients with herpetic uveitis.
Methods: Cytokine and chemokine profiling of ocular fluid was performed in two patients with herpetic uveitis. Ocular fluid findings were correlated with disease manifestations and the patients' clinical course.
J Clin Med
December 2024
Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Savi 10, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
: We evaluated the 3-year effectiveness and safety of XEN45, combined or not with phacoemulsification, in patients from the Italian XEN-Glaucoma Treatment Registry. : Data from glaucoma patients who underwent XEN45 alone or combined with phacoemulsification were analyzed. Changes in intraocular pressure (IOP) and the number of ocular hypotensive medications (OHMs) were tested with repeated measures ANOVA in last observation carried forward (LOCF) and per-protocol (PP) analyses.
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December 2024
Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Bialystok, M. Sklodowskiej-Curie 24 A STR, 15-276, Bialystok, Poland.
Glaucoma and cataract often coexist. Patients with both conditions who qualify for surgical treatment may undergo either a combined surgical procedure or sequential treatments such as cataract surgery followed by an antiglaucoma procedure. A combined procedure with phacoemulsification is related to an increased risk of fibrosis of the filtering bleb; however, it is a rational approach for patients with high intraocular pressure and clinically significant lens opacification.
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