Glaucoma

Blindness, Acquired

End-Stage Glaucoma

Glaucoma Traumatic

A clear corneal traction suture was placed to achieve superior-temporal quadrant exposure, where a 90° conjunctival fornix-based flap was made, associated with two radial relaxing incisions. A half-thickness scleral tunnel (4.5 mm from the limbus and 4.0 mm wide) was made using a crescent blade and a superior-temporal iridectomy was performed through . Then, the tunnel end was shunted to the AC using a 1.5-mm-wide blade with a sharp tip. The LDI was inserted into the scleral tunnel so that its tip was positioned in the AC periphery and the implant was anchored to the sclera using 7-0 polypropylene thread with two separate sutures. Next, fistula function was assessed by the aqueous humor leakage test at the scleral tunnel entry site. Then, the conjunctiva was repositioned and running sutures were performed with 7-0 polyglactin for the relaxing incisions and mattress sutures were performed in the limbus using 10-0 nylon.

Laminar drainage implant surgery.

Laminar Drainage Implant: Safety of a Novel Surgical Treatment for Refractory Glaucoma.

The criteria for IOP reduction success were 15 mmHg and a 20% reduction compared to the baseline preoperative IOP.

Ocular pain intensity was assessed before and after surgery using a verbal Numerical scale.

conjunctival discharge was assessed by slit-lamp examination

Presence or abscence of conjunctival tissue erosion or retraction, caused by the tested

assessed by slit-lamp biomicroscopy was classified as "present" or "abscent"

A shallow AC was considered a Spaeth classification grade of I or II and a flat AC was considered grade III. A filtering bleb height above the LDI profile was considered elevated; otherwise, it was classified as flat

OCT image were obtained in 8 patients after surgery in order to imaging study the implant and its relation with the eye structures.

bleb heigh(if not above implant profile)t was slit-lamp assessed. classified as "elevated" (above implant profile) or "flat"

conjunctival inflamation graduation assessed by slit-lamp examination ("present or abscent")

SÉRGIO JACOBOVITZ

co-advisor

Federal University of Minas Gerais

Polymethylmethacrylate Capsular Tension Ring introduced into the posterior chamber of the eye following cataract surgery before the implantation of an intraocular lens.

hyphema/oedeem

Laminar Drainage Implant: Safety of a Novel Surgical Treatment for Refractory Glaucoma.

EyeKon Medical Inc. Capsular Tension Ring Study

Comparison of AC and PC Lenses After Vitreous Loss During ECCE

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