The FKHL7 gene has been implicated in the pathogenesis of glaucoma/autosomal dominant iridogoniodysgenesis (IGDA) (IRID1). This has been supported by mutations in some glaucoma and IGDA patients and the development of anterior eye chamber anomalies in patients with 6p deletions aVecting the 6p25 region. We report a case with anterior eye chamber anomalies and an interstitial deletion of 6p24-p2...

The FKHL7 gene has been implicated in the pathogenesis of glaucoma/autosomal dominant iridogoniodysgenesis (IGDA) (IRID1). This has been supported by mutations in some glaucoma and IGDA patients and the development of anterior eye chamber anomalies in patients with 6p deletions affecting the 6p25 region. We report a case with anterior eye chamber anomalies and an interstitial deletion of 6p24-p...

The role of sodium hyaluronate (Healonid) in trabeculectomy to prevent a shallow or flat anterior chamber and hypotonia in the immediate postoperative period is reported. Twenty-nine eyes of 27 patients were included in a randomised controlled study. Thirteen eyes had trabeculectomy alone, and 16 eyes had trabeculectomy performed with Healonid injected into the anterior chamber. The results sho...

The Generalized Extreme Value (GEV) distribution is used to model the electric field inside a Reverberation Chamber (RC). GEV distribution is particularly indicated for this application where the maximums of the field are studied, as it specifies the theoretical distribution of the maximums according to the Fisher-Tippett theorem. In a first part of this paper we present the Fisher-Tippett theo...

A 64-year-old phakic patient had a trabeculectomy complicated by complete shallowing of the anterior chamber 10 days postoperatively. Despite repair of a conjunctival wound dehiscence and reformation of the anterior chamber with sodium hyaluronate 3.0%-chondroitin sulfate 4.0% (Viscoat), he had a flat anterior chamber again the following day with 360 degrees of pupillary synechias and lens-to-c...

Early elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) following pars plana vitrectomy is a common complication of vitreoretinal surgery and severe pressure elevation may result in visual loss. To investigate the mechanism of IOP elevation following pars plana vitrectomy, a retrospective review of 119 patients (132 eyes) who had undergone vitreoretinal surgery was performed. Ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) w...

ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the corneal and anterior chamber morphology in phakic eyes with noninfectious intraocular inflammation. Methods: This study included 59 active uveitis, 62 inactive 95 healthy eyes. Corneal endothelial cell density, hexagonal ratio, coefficient of variation (CV), thickness volume, maximum keratometry, volume depth (ACD) measurements were performed using a specular m...

AIM To assess the incidence of anterior chamber bacterial contamination during phacoemulsification surgery using an automated microbial detection system (BacT/Alert). METHODS Sixty-nine eyes of 60 patients who had uneventful phacoemulsification surgery, enrolled in this prospective study. No prophylactic topical or systemic antibiotics were used before surgery. After antisepsis with povidone-...