IMPORTANCE Additional data are sought regarding treatment options for glaucoma, a major cause of global blindness. BACKGROUND The study assessed outcomes following standalone implantation of two second-generation trabecular micro-bypass stents and postoperative topical prostaglandin in eyes with open-angle glaucoma not controlled on two preoperative medications. DESIGN The study design is a...

BACKGROUND Poor glaucoma education is thought to be a causative factor of non-adherence to glaucoma therapy. However, the multi-factorial nature of non-adherent behaviour may explain the failure of purely educational interventions to achieve significant improvement in adherence. Behaviour Change Counselling (BCC) allows both the imparting of information and assessment of patient ambivalence to ...

PURPOSE To prospectively study the success rates and complications of viscocanalostomy. METHODS Prospective nonrandomized case series of 46 eyes (46 patients) with medically uncontrolled primary and secondary open angle glaucoma. All patients in the study underwent viscocanalostomy. Control of intraocular pressure was used to measure success. Pre and postoperative glaucoma medications, visual...

purpose : to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pars plana ahmed valve implant combined with pars plana vitrectomy and endolaser photocoagulation for the treatment of neovascular glaucoma in patients with vitreous hemorrhage. methods : retrospectively, we evaluated the records of 18 eyes of 17 consecutive neovascular glaucoma patients who had undergone pars plana vitrectomy and pars plana ahme...

As the number of glaucoma patients rasing up by aging population, importante is, to point out facts about glaucoma patients as contact lens carriers. Diagnostic and therapy options as well as quality of life are discussed and recommended. Glaucoma as chronic desease needs adequate specific diagnostic procedure as a visual field depending on the right/best visual correction, daily therapy, speci...

PURPOSE Glaucoma medications can improve clinical outcomes when patients adhere to their medication regimen. Providers often ask patients with glaucoma to self-report their adherence, but the accuracy of self-reporting has received little scientific attention. The purpose of this article was to compare a self-reported medication adherence measure with adherence data collected from Medication Ev...

Objective: To identify factors associated with non-adherence to glaucoma medication use. Design: Prospective, observational cohort study. Participants: 196 patients with primary open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension were recruited from two academic institutions for participation in this study. Methods: Patients were managed with topical prostaglandin therapy and were instructed at enrollme...

PURPOSE To evaluate 2-year postsurgical safety and efficacy of canaloplasty (circumferential viscodilation and tensioning of the inner wall of Schlemm canal) to treat open-angle glaucoma (OAG). SETTING Multicenter surgical sites. METHODS This international prospective study comprised adult OAG patients having glaucoma surgery or combined glaucoma-cataract surgery. Qualifying preoperative in...