Weekly case challenge

This study focused on the incidence of pediatric cataract surgery and the rate of secondary glaucoma development in South Korea, using a national health claims database.

Manipulating an existing Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) can decrease postsurgical drops and achieve additional intraocular pressure (IOP) lowering without targeting additional tissues of the eye to lower IOP. This video demonstrates a novel AGV surgical augmentation approach.

Pediatric glaucoma is a post-lensectomy complication, the first treatment for geographic atrophy secondary to AMD is approved, and uveitis exacerbates psoriatic arthritis.

Drs. Akiko Hanyuda, Louis Pasquale, and Jae Hee Kang discuss their Ophthalmology article, “Long-term Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Exfoliation Glaucoma or Glaucoma Suspect Status among United States Health Professionals.”

Five-year follow-up results from the Primary Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study indicate that trabeculectomy surgery led to lower failure rates than tube surgery in patients with glaucoma.

Changes in RNFL thickness could predict cardiovascular events, links are seen between uveitis and polycystic ovary syndrome, and aging may not necessarily mean IOP increases.

Drs. Ariana Levin and Arsham Sheybani demonstrate how a leaking scleral wound was fixed in a patient with chronic hypotony.

Dr. Lorraine Provencher moderates this journal club with Dr. Russell N. Van Gelder discussing a Mendelian randomization study on habitual coffee consumption increases risk of primary open-angle glaucoma.