Swept source anterior segment OCT
1 December 2013
| Lorraine North
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EYE - Glaucoma
The authors describe a study using the Casia OCT which is a swept source OCT to determine the visibility of the angle structures using two imaging protocols; high density and low density. They randomly selected one eye from 30 normal...
Correlation between peak intraocular pressure following water drinking test and pulsed methylprednisolone therapy
1 December 2013
| Bheemanagouda Patil
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EYE - Glaucoma
Steroids have long been known to cause increased intraocular pressures (IOP) in susceptible patients. Intravenous methylprednisolone is used to treat many rheumatological conditions and one of the risks is raised intraocular pressure. It would be useful to find patients at...
Swept-source OCT for measuring peripheral anterior synechiae
1 December 2013
| Brian Ang
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EYE - Glaucoma
The authors report on a cross-sectional study looking at swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) for measuring the area and degree of peripheral anterior synechiae (PAS) in patients with angle closure glaucoma. The SS-OCT is commercially available, has a laser wavelength...
