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Sleep positions and the effect on IOP
1 August 2014
| Lorraine North
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EYE - Glaucoma
The authors describe a study to determine if sleeping at a 20 degree head up position decreases nocturnal IOP compared with lying supine in patients with and without glaucoma. They recruited 30 patients (60 eyes) 15 with glaucoma and 15...
Intraocular pressure reduction after cataract surgery
1 October 2019
| Kurt Spiteri Cornish
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EYE - Glaucoma
Several studies have shown the efficacy of cataract surgery in lowering intraocular pressure (IOP), especially in angle closure glaucoma compared to open angle. A total of 156 eyes of 109 patients (without glaucoma or with medically controlled glaucoma) were included....
The first virtual UKEGS conference will be held on Friday 27 November 2020
22 October 2020
For the first time, the UK and Eire Glaucoma Society (UKEGS) 2020 conference will be hosted digitally in light of the pandemic.
EGS: 18th EGS Residents' Course
3 October 2025
-4 October 2025
European Glaucoma Society
Risk factors for NTG in a young Korean population
1 April 2015
| Anjali Gupta
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EYE - Glaucoma
Previously known ocular and systemic risk factors for normal tension glaucoma (NTG) include myopia, peripapillary atrophy, disc haemorrhage, migraine, obstructive sleep apnoea, thyroid disease and cerebral infarction. However, most NTG risk factor studies have examined patients aged 40 years and...
Risk factors and untreated POAG
1 December 2013
| Lorraine North
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EYE - Glaucoma
The authors examined 50 untreated open angle glaucoma patients to determine if there was an association between the level of glaucomatous damage and documented risk factors. In this study the authors measured the extent of morphologic and functional glaucomatous damage...
Macular thickness and visual fields
1 April 2014
| Lorraine North
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EYE - Glaucoma
The authors describe a comparison of spectral domain OCT with Humphrey visual fields (HVF) mean deviation (MD) and pattern standard deviation (PSD), examining the retinal thickness of the macula and circumpapillary retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) defects. Seventy-three subjects who...
Dr Paul Singh and Prof Gus Gazzard on laser as first line therapy
Both the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and the European Glaucoma Society (EGS) have updated their preferred practice regimens to recognize or recommend SLT as an initial intervention for glaucoma and the NICE UK are now guiding doctors to use SLT before drops.
Arterial stiffness and PEX
1 April 2014
| Lorraine North
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EYE - Glaucoma
The authors describe a study of 25 newly diagnosed patients with pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (PEX) and 25 controls to evaluate carotid femoral pulse wave velocity (CF-PWV) values. The CF-PWV was assessed using a noninvasive device by measuring the pulse transmit time...
Ultrasound biomicroscopy (part 2): primary angle closure
Patients with primary angle closure or primary angle closure glaucoma [PAC(G)] comprise a significant subgroup affecting around 10% of glaucoma patients amongst Caucasians. Assessment of the patient with angle closure, or narrow angles, requires gonioscopy. However, whilst identifying the presence...
Hyphema after trabeculectomy with MMC
1 October 2014
| Lorraine North
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EYE - Glaucoma
The authors retrospectively reviewed the medical records of consecutive patients with glaucoma who underwent trabeculectomy with mitomycin C between June 2005 and December 2010 to determine the risk factors for hyphema after surgery. Of the 420 patients, 104 (24.8%) had...
Under pressure: the constant drive to improve IOP monitoring
1 April 2025
| Zhihang Cheng
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EYE - Glaucoma
The authors offer a comprehensive overview of interplay between glaucoma and intraocular pressure (IOP), IOP measurement principles and historical measurement techniques and progress in IOP measurement devices. The authors explore the issues surrounding current thinking in IOP measurement and its...
