AIM To investigate the rate, risk factors, clinical course, and treatment outcomes of endophthalmitis following glaucoma drainage implant (GDI) surgery. METHODS A computerised relational database search was conducted to identify all patients who were implanted with Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) and developed endophthalmitis following surgery at the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, ...

PURPOSE To present a novel design of an implantable glaucoma valve based on ferrofluidic nanoparticles and to compare it with a well-established FDA approved valve. SETTING Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston, USA. METHODS A glaucoma valve was designed using soft lithography techniques utilizing a water-immiscible magnetic fluid (ferrofluid) as a pressure-sensitive barrier to aqueous ...

IMPORTANCE Relatively little data exist about the long-term outcomes of an initial glaucoma drainage device (GDD) and subsequent GDDs implanted in pediatric patients with glaucoma. OBJECTIVE To determine the long-term outcomes of the first and second GDDs and risk factors in pediatric glaucoma. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Retrospective review of 119 eyes of 89 patients younger than 18...

KORESPONDENCIJA / CORRESPONDENCE Authors report the case of a 59-year old woman with bilateral posterior lens luxation in vitreous, medically controlled glaucoma and corneal adherent leucoma with vascularization in whom Marfan syndrome was diagnosed. e patient underwent complete clinical eye and systemic examinations and blood samples were drawn for mutational screening of €brillin1 gene (FBN1...

BACKGROUND To describe, a yet non-documented complication of GDI surgery (glaucoma drainage incision surgery)--anterior to posterior segment migration of Ahmed Glaucoma Valve (AGV) tube. CASE PRESENTATION We report a young 9 year old boy, diagnosed with refractory glaucoma with Reiger anomaly. History included of poor vision in both eyes, left more than right with glare since childhood. He un...

purpose: to compare the outcomes and complications of mitomycin-c (mmc) trabeculectomy and ahmed glaucoma implant (agi) for treatment of aphakic glaucoma following congenital cataract surgery in children £ 16 years of age. methods: in a randomized clinical trial, eligible children were randomly assigned to mmc trabeculectomy or agi. aphakia was due to previous anterior lensectomy and vitrectomy...

Dear Sir, I am Yong-Sun Ahn, from the Department of Ophthalmology of St. Vincent Hospital of Suwon, Kyungki-do, South Korea. Cataracts are a common problem in eyes with a glaucoma drainage device (GDD), because tube shunt surgery increases the incidence and progression of cataracts [1]. An Ahmed valve, the most commonly inserted GDD, is composed of a silicone tube connected to a flat plate sewn...