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Author : Ralston Karstensen | Published On : 18 Apr 2025

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ACAF was also good at preservation of cervical lordosis and sagittal balance, but ROM of cervical spine in both groups decreased significantly. CONCLUSIONS Generally speaking, ACAF is a safe and effective alternative for multilevel OPLL. Compared with laminoplasty, ACAF is more effective in the cases when OR is not less than 60%, or K-line is negative. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 2.PRéCIS Intraocular pressure screening in adults 18-40 years of age identified 1 in 535 young adults with or at risk for developing glaucoma in India with a cost of about INR 596 (USD 8) per patient diagnosed. Monomethyl auristatin E supplier PURPOSE To evaluate the outcomes of routine non-contact tonometry as a screening modality for glaucoma in young adults receiving an eye examination at Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry, India. METHODS Retrospective chart review of adults 18-40 years of age screened for intraocular pressure (IOP) from November 2017 to June 2018. The diagnoses were determined by a glaucoma specialist using gonioscopy, dilated fundus examination, and occasionally, Humphrey Field Analyzer, and/or optical coherence tomography (OCT). Analyses include detection of glaucoma, ocular hypertension (OHT), angle closure, and calculation of the yield of this screening paradigm. RESULTS 28,369 younger adults were screened and 296 (1.05%) were referred to the glaucoma unit, 84 for an IOP >21▒mmHg and 208 for other reasons. The hypertensive group had a mean screening IOP of 29.3±8.4▒mmHg and the following diagnoses OHT (19%), secondary raised IOP (14%), glaucoma (26%), angle closure (4%), healthy (11 %) and need for further examination (26%). 55% of those with glaucoma were previously undiagnosed. In comparison, the normotensive group had a mean IOP of 16±2.5▒mmHg and the following diagnoses OHT (1%), glaucoma (5%), occludable angles (8%), healthy (47%) and need of further examination (33%). Nearly 40% of these patients with glaucoma were previously undiagnosed. CONCLUSION One out of every 535 young adults screened had both IOP >21▒mmHg and angle closure, OHT, secondary raised IOP or glaucoma. Given their young age and the potential to treat and delay progression, the benefits seem to outweigh the low cost of this screening.PRéCIS After a short-term IOP elevation, the central retinal vein caliber may be widened at lower IOP rise levels, while be compressed at higher IOP rise values. PURPOSE To investigate changes in the calibers of the central retinal vein (CRVT) and artery (CRAT) trunk during a short-term elevation of IOP. METHODS A prospective observational study. Acute primary angle-closure suspects underwent a dark room prone provocative test (DRPPT) for two hours. Before and at the end of the test, tonometry, swept-source optical coherence tomography, and non-mydriatic fundus photography were performed. The calibers of the CRVT and CRAT were measured on the fundus photos taken at baseline and at the end of the DRPPT. RESULTS The study included 101 eyes (61 individuals; mean age54.8±9.3▒y; range30-70▒y) which showed an increase in IOP by 9.6±9.0▒mmHg (range2.3-46.7▒mmHg). Monomethyl auristatin E supplier From baseline to the end of the DRPPT, the mean CRVT caliber increased from 101.8±25.9▒μm to 107.7±26.6▒μm (P15▒mmHg the CRVT caliber did not change significantly (P=0.20) during the test. CONCLUSIONS A physiologic short-term IOP rise at lower levels of IOP elevation led to a widening of the CRVT, while at higher IOP values, the further IOP-rise may have compressed the retinal vein. Due to higher intraluminal pressure values, the retinal artery diameters were not affected by the IOP-rise.An 88-year-old woman with history of recent complicated pacemaker insertion presented with acute-onset malignant glaucoma recalcitrant to conservative medical therapy. Surgical intervention was discussed; however, given her complex cardiac history and recent postoperative state, the risk of anesthesia-related systemic adverse events was deemed unacceptably high. As such, a slit-lamp procedure was recommended to break the attack of malignant glaucoma. Here within, we report a novel technique of breaking an attack of malignant glaucoma by needling the anterior hyaloid face at the slit lamp. With this technique, a 25-gauge needle was entered through the pars plana and was advanced through the anterior hyaloid face, zonules, and peripheral iridotomy to create a unicameral eye and successfully break the malignant closure attack.PURPOSE To assess the efficacy and safety of a glaucoma procedure to control IOP using the adjustable eyeWatch glaucoma drainage device compared to Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) in refractory glaucoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS Monocentric, retrospective, comparative clinical trial. Patients suffering from refractory glaucoma after failed surgeries and requiring a further glaucoma procedure including an aqueous shunt were enrolled in this study. The first group AGV included patients with an AGV. The second group eW-B included patients receiving an eyeWatch used in connection with a Baerveldt glaucoma implant (BGI). The primary outcome was the success rate, defined as an IOP≤16▒mmHg and reduction of more than 20% from baseline, and IOP≥5▒mmHg. Secondary outcomes were mean IOP, number of anti-glaucoma medications, visual acuity, number and type of complications. RESULTS Twenty-one patients were included. The mean follow-up time was 13.2±3.4 months. Mean IOP decreased from 24.8±9.0▒mmHg before surgery to 13.8±3.6▒mmHg at 12 months for group AGV, and 27.3±7.0▒mmHg to 12.8±2.4▒mmHg for group eW-B, respectively (P less then 0.05). Mean number of glaucoma medications decreased from 3.0±0.7 before surgery to 0.3±0.7 at last control for group AGV, and 2.9±0.8 before surgery to 0.2±0.4 for group eW-B, respectively (P less then 0.05). The complete and overall success rates were 50% and 58% for group AGV, and 67% and 89% for group eW-B, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The postoperative adjustability of the eyeWatch is believed to help with getting fewer complications and better IOP management whereas AGV cannot be adjusted postoperatively.In this report, we highlight two effective and simple techniques of video documentation of the anterior chamber angle using the newer generation iPhone, iPhone11 Pro max. In these techniques, we also used a commercially available macro lens with the phone. The patient positions his/her chin on a slit lamp biomicroscope as done during a routine slit-lamp examination. The first observer places the gonioscope over the patient's eye and projects a thin slit beam of light of the slit lamp biomicroscope along the superior or inferior gonio-mirror. A second observer records the anterior chamber angle findings using the macro lens clipped smartphone after bringing it closer to the eye of the patient. In the phone, the video mode is selected after opening the phone's camera application. In the sub-category of video mode, 1x or the wide-angle mode is chosen. Under 1x mode, the magnification is further increased to 3x to document high-quality imaging findings of angle. Similarly, in the second technique, the slit (streak) light beam of the direct ophthalmoscope was used which completely circumvented the need for a slit lamp as a source of light.