AIMS To improve the diagnostic power for glaucoma by combining measurements of peripapillary nerve fibre layer (NFL), macular ganglion cell complex (GCC) and disc variables obtained with Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) into the glaucoma structural diagnostic index (GSDI). METHODS In this observational, cross-sectional study of subjects from the Advanced Imaging of Glaucom...

Purpose Glaucoma is a progressive optic neuropathy and a leading cause of blindness. Neural losses from glaucoma are irreversible, and so the aim of glaucoma treatment is to slow progression and minimize the risk of further damage. Visual loss post filtration surgery in patients with advanced glaucomatous optic nerve damage is a rare but dreaded complication. Functional improvement is not expec...

The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of ocular surface disease symptoms and the state of the tear film among patients with glaucoma who are receiving topical intraocular pressure lowering monotherapy. 62 responders were divided in 2 groups: 32 glaucoma patients and 30 healthy individuals. Tear film break-up time (TBUT), Schirmer 1 testing and ocular surface disease question...

Surgical treatment for neovascular glaucoma has evolved from cyclodestructive procedures to full-thickness filtration surgery, to trabeculectomy with antifibrosis drugs and glaucoma drainage implant surgery. The choice of a surgical approach may be influenced by several factors, including the stage of the disease. Many surgeons favor drainage implants when the disease is more advanced or when s...

VISUAL FIELD PRESERVATION IN ADVANCED PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA AFTER FILTRATION SURGERY Traverse C.E., Semino E., Morescalchi F., Corazza M., Gandolfo E., Zingirian M. University Eye Clinic of Genoa (Italy) PURPOSE: To evaluate Visual Field (V.F.) changes in patients with advanced primary open-angle glaucoma undergoing filtration surgery. METHODS: Selection criteria: preoperative IOP z= 21 m...

VISUAL FIELD PRESERVATION IN ADVANCED PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA AFTER FILTRATION SURGERY Traverse C.E., Semino E., Morescalchi F., Corazza M., Gandolfo E., Zingirian M. University Eye Clinic of Genoa (Italy) PURPOSE: To evaluate Visual Field (V.F.) changes in patients with advanced primary open-angle glaucoma undergoing filtration surgery. METHODS: Selection criteria: preoperative IOP z= 21 m...

Glaucoma is a multifactorial disease that is the leading cause of irreversible blindness. Recent data documented that glaucoma is not limited to the retinal ganglion cells but that it also extends to the posterior visual pathway. The diagnosis is based on the presence of signs of glaucomatous optic neuropathy and consistent functional visual field alterations. Unfortunately these functional alt...

VISUAL FIELD PRESERVATION IN ADVANCED PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA AFTER FILTRATION SURGERY Traverse C.E., Semino E., Morescalchi F., Corazza M., Gandolfo E., Zingirian M. University Eye Clinic of Genoa (Italy) PURPOSE: To evaluate Visual Field (V.F.) changes in patients with advanced primary open-angle glaucoma undergoing filtration surgery. METHODS: Selection criteria: preoperative IOP z= 21 m...