[Prognostic factors for survival in cirrhosis].

Background: Assessment of prognosis in patients with cirrhosis is important so as to plan their management as well as the choice of major procedures. The aim of the present study was to determine the survival rates and to identify indicators associated with shorter life expectancy in Tunisians patients with cirrhosis.

Methods: This is a retrospective study of patients with cirrhosis admitted during 14-years period.

[Etiopathogeny of intraocular pressure modifications in uveitis].

Uveitic glaucoma is a secondary form of glaucoma. Treatment is essentially medical, based on antiglaucomatous medications and immunomodulatory therapy. Therefore, some patients may need filtrating surgery to control intraocular pressure.

[Deep sclerectomy for the management of uveitic glaucoma].

Purpose: To report middle-term results of deep sclerectomy in uveitis patients with glaucoma who are resistant to medical therapy.

Patients And Methods: Eight eyes of eight patients (mean age, 56.9 years; range, 46-67 years) with uveitic glaucoma resistant to medical therapy underwent deep sclerectomy without antimetabolites between 1994 and 2001.

[Trabeculectomy for the management of uveitic glaucoma].

Purpose: To report middle-term results of trabeculectomy in patients with uveitic glaucoma resistant to medical therapy.

Patients And Methods: Seventeen eyes of 14 patients with uveitic glaucoma resistant to medical therapy were treated by trabeculectomy without antimetabolites from 1994 to 2001. The patients'mean age was 48.