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Trabeculectomy can improve peripapillary retinal microcirculation in patients with POAG. This finding suggests that the reduction of LCD induced by lowering IOP may affect peripapillary microvascular improvement in eyes with POAG.

At each follow-up, Tnasal IOP was statistically lower than at baseline, although the reduction was not as great as that of Tcenter IOP. A 2 to 3 mm Hg drop in Tnasal up to 6 months after LASIK should be expected. An alternative would be to measure IOP with the Tono-Pen on the nasal side to fit the tip to the relatively unchanged nasal side of the cornea.

In order to determine the factors related to the worse final visual outcome following nonperforating traumatic hyphema, the clinical characteristics of 18 patients with visual outcome of 0.1 or worse were compared with those of 166 patients with visual outcome of 0.15 or better. The presence of posterior segment injuries such as macula edema, retinal hemorrhage, epiretinal membrane, and choroidal rupture were significant factors of a poor final visual outcome (P < 0.01). The presence of anterior

We report a rare case of optic nerve atrophy with severe disc cupping resulting from methanol poisoning. A 30-year-old man presented to the hospital complaining of decreased visual acuity in both eyes a day after drinking alcohol containing methanol. His initial visual acuity allowed for only visualizing hand motion and not corrected in either eye. Initial intraocular pressure was within normal limits in both eyes. Initial fundus examination showed optic disc swelling in both eyes. Four years la

The purpose of this study was to determine how closely peripapillary retinal vessel diameter is related to functional and structural optic nerve damage in primary open-angle glaucoma. Using optic disc photographs of 234 eyes of 141 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma and 139 eyes of 86 normal subjects, the diameters of the superior and inferior temporal retinal arteries and veins were measured at the optic disc border. On the basis of rim/disc area ratio, the glaucoma group was divided int

This study was undertaken in order to determine the value of measuring peripapillary atrophy for the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with glaucoma, and to evaluate how closely peripapillary atrophy is related to structural and functional optic nerve damage in glaucoma. Magnification-corrected morphometry of photographs using a computer graphic program and automated static threshold perimetry were performed in 234 eyes of 141 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma and 139 eyes of 86 normal

To investigate the risk factors for glaucoma, we reviewed the clinical record of 361 primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) patients, 178 ocular hypertensives (OH), and 927 controls without POAG or OH, randomly selected from an urban medical center eye clinic. Old age defined as > or = 55 year, (odds ratio ratio (OR) = 3.13 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.06-4.76, P < .0001), black race (OR = 2.58, 95% CI: 1.79-3.74, p < .0001), hypertension (OR = 1.709, 95% CI: 1.15-2.51, P < .0108), and diabetes m

A 59-year-old woman was referred to our clinic for a glaucoma evaluation. The visual acuity and intraocular pressure were normal in both eyes. However, red-free fundus photography in the left eye showed a superotemporal wedge-shaped retinal nerve fiber layer defect, and visual field testing showed a corresponding partial arcuate scotoma. In an optical coherence tomography examination, the macula was flat, but an arcuate-shaped peripapillary retinoschisis was found. Further, the retinoschisis see

PURPOSE: To compare the glaucomatous optic nerve damage in primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) with acute attack (acute PACG; AACG) and PACG without acute attack (chronic PACG; CACG). METHODS: The study subjects were 84 normal individuals, 130 AACG patients, and 86 CACG patients. Color optic disc photographs were evaluated for the presence or absence of 10 qualitative signs to differentiate between normal and glaucomatous optic discs. RESULTS: Abnormally shaped rim width (alteration of ISN'T r

PURPOSE: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the major cause of blindness among persons aged 60 years and older. The current approved therapies for AMD are exclusively limited to inhibiting vascular endothelial growth factor. However, substantial improvement in vision occurs in only one-third of patients treated with vascular endothelial growth factor antagonists, and one-sixth of treated patients still progress to legal blindness. Therefore, more specific targets are needed to treat AMD.

PURPOSE: To report retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) volume measurement using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). We determined the characteristics and effecting factors of the RNFL volume in healthy eyes. METHODS: Eighty-six eyes from 86 healthy volunteers were included. All participants underwent 3D-disc scanning using SD-OCT. We developed a computer program using Matlab software to extract RNFL thickness values from colored topographic RNFL thickness map. Total average, quad

PURPOSE: To report retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) defect identification and quantification in RNFL thickness maps according to the structural RNFL loss, and to evaluate diffuse RNFL defects. METHODS: A total of 170 patients with glaucoma and 186 normal subjects were consecutively enrolled. We defined RNFL defects in an RNFL thickness map by the degree of RNFL loss. The reference level for RNFL defect determination was set as a 20% to 70% degree of RNFL loss with a 1% interval. To identify RNFL

PURPOSE: To investigate the repeatability of peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness measurements obtained using Cirrus high-definition optical coherence tomographic (Cirrus HD-OCT) retinal tracking system during various types of eye movements. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We included 20 healthy eyes, 40 glaucomatous eyes of elderly patients, and 17 eyes with pathologic nystagmus. For healthy eyes, RNFL thickness measurements were obtained under 3 conditions: (1) without eye movement,

Optic disc center displacement had a considerable impact on whole RNFL thickness measurements. Understanding the effect of optic disc center displacement could contribute to reliable RNFL measurements.