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The eye that developed suprachoroidal hemorrhage now has a poor prognosis (light perception vision). The contralateral eye has a significant cataract and needs phacoemulsification for the patient...
27 September 2023 9,655 2 View
SLT is known to be effective after several weeks (4-6 weeks) For advanced, newly diagnosed patients, is SLT an alternative for primary treatment, or are medications first better?
31 July 2023 3,391 1 View
Mitomycin C injection done during trabeculectomy is usually done at the initial stage of the procedure before the conjunctival incision; however it is washed off when the incision is opened. This...
27 January 2023 8,428 0 View
I have ophthalmology resident trainees who want to perform a systematic review and/or meta-analysis in glaucoma and want opinion from other experts about what topic seems relevant for them in this...
22 May 2020 6,854 1 View
Are there any fundus findings in an infant when there is increased intracranial pressure?
11 September 2017 7,033 3 View
Reverse pupillary block is the common presentation of pigmentary glaucoma. I had recently encountered a case of pigmentary glaucoma with iris bombe'.
20 August 2017 5,435 0 View
This condition is observed frequently in pigmentary glaucoma but I have not encountered any clear explanation on its mechanism
20 August 2017 5,277 1 View
I would like to differentiate this from glaucomatous visual field loss
19 August 2017 4,943 1 View
Studies have shown an association between disc hemorrhage and glaucoma progression and clinically we have been taught to be more aggressive treatment-wise when we note this
15 May 2016 9,362 5 View
Minimum rim width has been adapted by recent OCT devices since it takes more into account variability of the entry of the RNFL axons into the optic nerve canal
06 March 2016 6,968 1 View
All publications I had encountered investigated cosopt's effect only on primary open angle glaucoma, normal tension glaucoma, pseudoexfoliation glaucoma, and ocular hypertension
08 September 2015 9,158 6 View
Are the patterns similar for both types and are the defects reversible for the acute glaucoma?
19 August 2015 1,906 3 View
Is this also a common clinical observation when comparing the defects seen on the pattern deviation plots of both types of perimeters?.
24 April 2015 5,191 2 View
Can the swelling tissues impinge on the plate's valve mechanism and prevent aqueous egress immediately post-op?
12 April 2015 6,181 4 View
Can a carotid-cavernous sinus fistula cause significant retinal ischemia to cause anterior segment neovascularization leading to neovascular glaucoma?
31 March 2015 9,828 3 View
How can anatomic retinotopic organization of the retinal nerve fibers and its influence on functional glaucoma defects be better explained?
07 February 2015 8,632 3 View
Is losing vision the main reason? What are the reasons for losing vision?
22 January 2015 3,907 13 View
We would like to know feedback about this instrument as a screening tool
08 July 2014 1,444 2 View
Is there a correlation? If there is, how consistent is this correlation?
26 April 2014 279 1 View
Recently the assessment of rates of visual field change has been gaining more clinical importance rather than just identification of the disease.
24 April 2014 5,589 2 View
What explains the visual field defects in myopic eyes with posterior staphylomas?
12 April 2014 3,984 3 View
Aside from the fact that aqueous production decreases at night (and Timolol decreases aqueous formation) what are other reasons why Timolol is less effective at night?
25 February 2014 6,175 6 View
In glaucoma wherein fixation is severely affected what is the underlying reason why sometimes the pattern deviation plot even gets better?
12 February 2014 9,342 3 View
Studies have documented improved visual function after trabeculectomy (e.g. visual field, contrast sensitivity, ERG, etc..) How sustained are these improvements?
29 January 2014 6,730 5 View
How consistent is this observation between the two areas? Does this depend on the type of glaucoma?
10 January 2014 7,658 10 View
Aside from cataract development (for phakics) and posterior capsular opacification (for pseudophakes), are there other factors that could decrease short-term (3 months to a year) visual field...
22 November 2013 9,998 1 View
