[PDF] Top 20 Trabeculectomy versus Ahmed Glaucoma Valve implantation in neovascular glaucoma

... The nonrandomized retrospective design of this study has potential sources of bias. To minimize any bias, patients in each group were matched based on age, sex, and race. No major differences were observed in the ... See full document

... refractory glaucoma (e.g., failed trabeculectomy, neovascular and uveitic glaucoma, and traumatic glaucoma); (iii) inter- vention: AGV implants versus Baerveldt implants; (iv) ... See full document

... phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation for cataract progression at 1 month after AGV implantation. This subject subsequently declined further intervention for raised IOP, at 3 months after ... See full document

... EX-PRESS implantation and those after trabeculectomy ...found, implantation of an EX-PRESS device was significantly advantageous for prevention of postoperative overfiltration and hyphema in patients ... See full document

... plana implantation, also referred to as the “fourth generation of implant tube–based surgery,” was developed to prevent complications that can occur with implantation into the anterior chamber, such as a ... See full document

... congenital glaucoma OU and progressive glaucomatous optic ...by trabeculectomy (with MMC OD) before age of one and placement of AGV OU × 1 around age of ... See full document

... (Ahmed glaucoma drainage implant, model FP7, New World Medical, Rancho Cucamonga, California) was primed with two ml of buffered saline solution (BSS) and gently pushed through the incision into the ... See full document

... mini glaucoma shunt implant (Alcon Laboratories ...safe glaucoma surgery ...dard trabeculectomy, while complications are lower than those of other glaucoma drainage devices and standard ... See full document

... for trabeculectomy, its benefits for GDD have not been investigated as ...the Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) is widely used due to its effectiveness in reducing the occurrence of postoperative ... See full document

... One glaucoma specialist (XZ) performed all the FP-7 AGV implantation surgeries, using the same ...as trabeculectomy, causing scarring of the conjunctiva of the superior temporal quadrant, we used an ... See full document

... The Ahmed valve (New World Medical, ...when trabeculectomy is carried out, along with a high risk of persistent high intraocular ...the Ahmed valve plate placed close to the equator is ... See full document

... evaluated implantation of Ahmed glaucoma valve for IOP control in vitrectomized eyes, showed the safety and efficacy of the procedure [82, 83], with success rates of ...group. Ahmed ... See full document

... on glaucoma treatment have reported the use of anti-VEGF factors under the conjunctiva [13] and in the anterior chamber [7] and vit- reous cavity [14–16], and even reported that topical eye drops containing ... See full document

... All surgeries and intravitreal injections were performed by Dr. Xiaoyu Wang and Dr. Lan Liu. Eighteen eyes with NVG received IVR injection under topical anesthesia in the aseptic condition of an operating room. 0.5 mg ... See full document

... Among the 24 eyes, only 1 had undergone a GDD implantation with AC tube insertion, and that eye was excluded. Eyes with a prior history of ocular surgeries were not excluded. However, there was an eye that had ... See full document

... trabeculectomy were the two commonest previous sur- geries in our study. These two are both incisional proce- dures which can lower the IOP postoperatively. It was reported that choriocapillary disruption caused ... See full document

... A retrospective random case series study was performed to demonstrate the role of IVB in regression of iris neovas- cularization, control of IOP, and its effect on the result of subscleral trabeculectomy with ... See full document

... All 43 patients underwent trabeculectomy with MMC. A fornix-based conjunctival flap was made. After hemostasis of the episcleral blood vessels with wet-fluid cautery, a 3 × 3-mm, half-thickness triangle scleral ... See full document

... All glaucoma surgical procedures were carried out by the same experienced surgeon ...were Ahmed™ Glaucoma Valve (FP7 AGV; New World Medical, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA) and Baerveldt (250 mm 2 ... See full document

... complications were transient and resolved either spontane- ously or with simple surgical procedures. Tube erosion through the conjunctiva occurred in 1 patient with no major complications with tube repositioning and ... See full document