Venous stasis retinopathy and ischemic oculopathy are ocular manifestations of ischemia in the distribution of the carotid artery. While not as common as transient monocular blindness or retinal arterial emboli, they are readily recognizable and indicate the presence of severe, often bilateral, carotid occlusive disease. Patterns of occlusion vary but usually include complete occlusion of at le...

A diabetic woman had been suffering from progressively blurry vision in the right eye for 1 year after cataract surgery. Slit lamp examination revealed bilateral band keratopathy with quiescent anteriorchamber reaction, an intumescent cataract in the left eye, and dense posterior capsular opacity in the right eye. Capsulotomy was performed, but this led to neovascular glaucoma. Because of a ref...

PURPOSE To determine the preference of members of the American Glaucoma Society for the use of antifibrotic agents (mitomycin C or 5-fluorouracil or both) and glaucoma drainage devices in ten clinical settings. MATERIALS AND METHODS Voluntary written survey of the American Glaucoma Society. RESULTS American Glaucoma Society (AGS) members continue to report preference for mitomycin C use in ...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of intraocular injections of bevacizumab for neovascularisation of the iris and neovascular glaucoma. CLINICAL PICTURE Three patients with neovascularisation of the iris due to various causes were recruited. TREATMENT Patients were treated with intraocular bevacizumab. OUTCOME Neovascularisation of the iris was noted to...

PURPOSE To report a case of neovascular glaucoma due to central retinal artery occlusion treated with a single intravitreal injection of bevacizumab. METHODS A 68-year-old patient with a 10-week history of central retinal artery occlusion presented with neovascularization of the iris and the angle and intraocular pressure of 30 mm Hg. The patient received a single injection of 1.25 mg bevaciz...

Neovascular glaucoma (NVG) is a severe form of glaucoma with devastating visual outcome attributed to new blood vessels obstructing aqueous humor outflow, usually secondary to widespread posterior segment ischemia. Invasion of the anterior chamber by a fibrovascular membrane initially obstructs aqueous outflow in an open-angle fashion and later contracts to produce secondary synechial angle-clo...

AIM To report long term efficacy and complications of retinectomy as an intraocular pressure lowering procedure for intractable glaucoma. METHODS This was a consecutive interventional case series. In 44 consecutive eyes (39 patients, 22 men and 17 women) retinectomy was performed to lower the intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with uncontrolled IOP (>35 mm Hg for more than 4 months) despi...

AIM To present the early experience with the implantation technique, safety and efficiency of STARflo device for open angle glaucoma (OAG). METHODS referring intra- and postoperative clinical experience with a series of seven cases in three glaucoma centers in Hungary. RESULTS No intraoperative complications were observed. Postoperative inflammatory signs disappeared rapidly. The mean IOP r...

Purpose. To evaluate potential risk factors for developing tube shunt exposure in glaucoma patients. Patients and Methods. Forty-one cases from 41 patients that had tube shunt exposure from 1996 to 2005 were identified from the Robert Cizik Eye Clinic and Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Each case was matched with 2 controls of the same gender and with tube shunts implanted within 6 months of the i...