In addition to the improvement in BCVA and the reduction in CFT, IVR improved macular retinal function, as assessed by mf-ERG, in diabetic eyes. The combination of OCT and mf-ERG for macular evaluation may better assess DME.
To investigate the iris thickness (IT) of patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and older adults using anterior segment sweptsource optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT).Methods: In this comparative cross-sectional study, 154 participants were enrolled, including 40 patients with POAG and 114 healthy individuals. Nasalangle SS-OCT images were analysed using callipers to measure the thickness of the iris, including the anterior border layer, stromal, and pigmented epithelial layer, at 1 and 2 mm from the pupil edge. The relationship between IT and glaucoma severity was analysed, and receiver operating characteristic curves were constructed to assess the ability of each IT parameter to distinguish patients with glaucoma from healthy controls.
Results:The IT parameters and iris area were lower in the POAG group than in the age-matched control group (p < 0.05). In the POAG group, the thickness of the pigmented epithelial layer at 1 and 2 mm was significantly correlated with the severity of glaucoma (p < 0.05). Iris area, with a cut-off of 1.43 mm 2 , exhibited the highest sensitivity (85%) and specificity (64.81%; area under the curve = 0.783) for distinguishing patients with POAG from healthy controls. Older adults tended to have the thinnest IT, children had the smallest iris area (p < 0.05).
Conclusions:In patients with POAG, the severity of iris atrophy was associated with glaucoma severity. The results of IT measurements by SS-OCT may help in the clinical evaluation of POAG.Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness, primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) accounts for the majority of glaucoma cases worldwide. [1][2][3] It is characterised by progressive and painless loss of retinal ganglion cells and their axons, leading to gradual, but irreversible, visual field loss. Aging is an important risk factor for POAG. 4 Early detection of POAG is critical for vision preservation and reducing the financial burden of patients. 5,6 Aqueous outflow obstruction plays an important role in intraocular pressure elevation in patients with POAG.Zhiqi Chen and Xin Liang contributed equally to this work
Objective:
To investigate the safety and efficacy of the combination therapy of anterior stromal puncture (ASP) with bandage contact lens for bullous keratopathy (BK).
Methods:
Twelve cases (12 eyes) with vision acuity no better than light perception were treated with ASP surgery and bandage contact lens. 200 points punctures were made through the corneal epithelium and Bowman's layer vertically, using fine needles. A soft bandage contact lens was applied immediately and removed 2 weeks later. The severity of irrigating symptoms including pain, photophobia and tearing was graded and calculated before treatment and 1, 2, 4, 12 weeks after the surgery, slit-lamp microscope examination was used to quantify the time for corneal epithelial blisters disappearing, optical coherence tomography (OCT) was used to monitor the central corneal thickness.
Results
: No cornea infection was observed during the following up period. The average grade scores of the irrigating symptoms was 8.3 ± 2.1 before surgery, while it was reduced to 4.8 ±1.9 two weeks after the surgery (p=0.0003). Slit-lamp microscope examination showed that corneal edema relieved obviously after the operation, the average time for epithelial blisters disappearing was 15.6 ± 4.0 days. The average central corneal thickness of the eyes was 999.3 ±278.0 μm before the treatment, while it was 805.1 ± 145.0 μm four weeks after the treatment, with a statistically significant difference (p=0.043).
Conclusions
: ASP with bandage contact lens is an effective and safe treatment for patients with BK and low vision that not suitable for corneal transplantation.
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