[PDF] Top 20 Repeatability of selective laser trabeculoplasty for open-angle glaucoma

... Our study had a similar design with some notable exceptions. The number of subjects in our study was sig- nificantly greater, and our study had longer follow-up. We reported only data from one eye of each patient in ... See full document

... concepts: open-angle glaucoma, prostaglandin analogs, beta-blockers, alpha agonists, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, and selective laser trabeculoplasty were used in the ... See full document

... two laser treatment modalities for uncontrolled open angle glaucoma (OAG) patients (including ocular hypertension, pigmentary dispersion syndrome and pseudoexfoliation syndrome) with at least ... See full document

... The following parameters were recorded during the study: age, sex, lens status (phakic or pseudophakic), pre- senting IOP without medication (obtained from medical records), pre-SLT IOP, post-SLT day 1 IOP, post-SLT 1 ... See full document

... centers of excellence using a prospective comparative con- trolled design and all of them were well-performed and of high quality. Despite our rigorous methodology, some limi- tations of the current study should not be ... See full document

... of glaucoma other than POAG (eg, angle closure, inflammatory, or neovascular), (b) any ocular condition precluding adequate visualization and treatment of the trabecular meshwork, (c) prior treat- ment with ... See full document

... Subjects were randomized into two groups (the SLT group and the medication-only group) based on a computer- generated random sequence. The SLT group received a single SLT treatment via a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser ... See full document

... all laser trabeculoplasty candidates with open-angle glaucoma on maximally tolerated medical therapy with the need for additional IOP ...or angle closure glau- coma were ... See full document

... tive glaucoma for our study, in part due to the high pseudo- exfoliation prevalence in Sweden, but also due to the fact that pseudoexfoliative glaucoma usually requires additional therapy and SLT seems to ... See full document

... 707 glaucoma patients were randomly selected to determine a representative utilization rate of glaucoma ...all glaucoma medications 344 CAD per ...the repeatability of SLT shown in ... See full document

... secondary glaucoma with heavier PTM, such as pigment dispersion glaucoma and PXG, have higher rate of IOP ...primary open angle glaucoma(POAG) ...of open angle ... See full document

... Argon laser trabeculoplasty has become the standard method of treatment for medically uncontrolled open angle glaucoma ...first laser used was an argon laser, but recently ... See full document

... The usefulness of SLT and its possible cost-efficient character [12, 48] thus relies upon its repeatability. Hong et al. [39] published one of the first studies on repeat SLT. They examined the effect of a second ... See full document

... Exfoliative glaucoma is the most common type of secondary open-angle glaucoma ...exfoliative glaucoma has to provide a low long-term mean IOP and good 24-hour IOP ...and ... See full document

... a laser treatment that can reduce IOP in patients with open-angle glaucoma ...for selective phototherm- ...gentler laser than ALT with no histologic scarring or coagula- tive ... See full document

... by open angle on gonio- scopy, glaucomatous visual field loss on Humphrey visual field analyzer as per the Hodapp-Parrish-Anderson’s cri- teria [13], progressive thinning of the retinal nerve fiber layer on ... See full document

... of glaucoma with subtypes POAG, pseudoexfoliation glaucoma, pigmentary glaucoma, or OHT; patients who underwent a successful phacoemulsification- assisted cataract excision surgery with intracapsular ... See full document

... 79 held equal. We address one aspect of capacity utilization, patient volume, on capital costs and final costs. We found that altering patient volume had a negligible effect on expected cost – a 10-fold annual increase ... See full document

... In addition, this study showed that there was no cor- relation between age and the two cytokines, suggesting that age is not a determining factor of expressions of these two factors. Furthermore, there was no correlation ... See full document

... also be considered if trabecular stents fail or if the target pres- sure cannot be achieved by these stents. Further standardized studies are needed to gain more specific information on which patients will benefit most ... See full document