Purpose To determine the indications, long-term clinical and visual outcomes, and complications of the aphakic snap-on type I Boston keratoprosthesis (KPro). Design Retrospective, non-comparative case series. Methods Forty-five eyes of 43 patients with type I aphakic snap-on KPros with at least 1 year of follow-up were included. The past medical histories, preoperative indications, best-cor...

Background: To determine the clinical profile and causes of various types secondary glaucoma.
 Materials methods : This was a hospital-based cross-sectional study conducted in tertiary eye hospital eastern Nepal from 1st June to 30th November, 2017. Patients who met criteria for glaucoma underwent detailed ophthalmic examination.
 Results Out 7079 patients diagnosed with or suspects, ...

The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of pseudoexfoliation syndrome and pseudoexfoliation glaucoma and to evaluate its association with open-angle glaucoma in patients attending the Department of Ophthalmology, Dr Tomislav Bardek General Hospital in Koprivnica, northwestern Croatia. This prospective study was conducted at Dr Tomislav Bardek General Hospital between December 201...

Background: Glaucoma in children presents difficult clinical challenges. Even when appropriately tr blindness can occur. Design: Retrospective interventional case series and literature review. Methods: All c records of children seen by the author with a diagnosis of glaucoma established before 16 years of age were rev from 1977 to 2003. Glaucoma was classified as primary infantile, aphakic, syn...

Purpose We present a case of a patient with Soemmering ring after cataract surgery and a potential complication that can arise as a result of its presence. Observations A patient with history of ruptured globe status after repair and lensectomy, complicated by aphakic secondary open angle glaucoma, was referred for management of second injury to the same eye. This injury resulted in Soemmerin...

Fivecasesofpseudophakicmalignant glaucoma were successfully treated with a single session of contact transscleralcyclophotocoagulation(CTCP) withdiodelaser(twenty4-Jspotsover 360°,1.5mmposterior to the limbus) after failureofNd:YAGlaserhyaloidotomy and vitreolysis. All patients except for case 2 had a preoperative diagnosis of chronic angle-closure glaucoma. At the end of the followup, all the ...

BACKGROUND To determine the rate of glaucoma following congenital cataract surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital (MEH), and to investigate potential risk factors for glaucoma in our case series. METHODS A retrospective case notes review was undertaken of all congenital cataract lensectomies performed at MEH between 1994 and 2000. The following parameters were ascertained: age at surgery, unilate...

Aim To study the incidence and risk factors of glaucoma occurring within 1 year following pediatric cataract surgery in Egyptian children. Materials and methods This is a prospective nonrandomized study conducted at Aburich Children's Hospital, over a period of 1 year on a cohort of Egyptian patients with congenital and infantile cataract. One hundred and fifty eyes of 88 patients were enroll...

glaucoma. It is now recognised to comprise the diagnostic triad of a diffusely flat anterior chamber, high intraocular pressure, and aqueous pooling that is sometimes visible in or in front of the anterior vitreous. Malignant glaucoma is notoriously difficult to treat and carries a generally poor prognosis for long term control of intraocular pressure. It is thought to involve the mechanisms of...