Lens induced glaucoma is one of the important cause of secondary glaucoma in our population. Retrospective analysis of 40 cases of lens induced glaucoma presenting to Nepal Eye Hospital from January 2002 to December 2004 were analyzed to find the prevalence of sex, age, visual outcome, IOP control, and duration between appearance of symptoms and surgical invention. Females out numbered male (55...

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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 The purpose of this to investigate whether selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) has any effect on the success of trabeculectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirteen-one eyes of 29 primary open-angle glaucoma patients who underwent SLT before trabeculectomy and 29 eyes of 27 patients with the same inclusion criteria which underwent trabeculectomy without prior SLT in the Sifa University and...

Purpose Glaucoma significantly affects the quality of life (QoL) of a patient. Despite the huge number of glaucoma patients in India, not many, QoL studies have been carried out. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the QoL in Indian patients with varying severity of glaucoma. Methods This was a hospital-based, cross-sectional, analytical study of 180 patients. The QoL was assesse...