AIMS To assess the risk profile for the failure of trabeculectomies in a large group of patients
who were selected to be operated on without the use of antimetabolites. This was done in an …

AIMS--This study aimed to evaluate both the mean time intervals between retinal disease
and the development of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) and the time intervals at which …

Over the past few years, the use of mitomycin C (MMC) to reduce surgical failures following
filtering procedures has largely increased. After topical application, significant amounts of …

Background: Topical medication applied chronically for the treatment of glaucoma changes
the cellular profile of the conjunctiva. We wanted to determine the role of preservatives …

Purpose: The authors report the clinical, cytologic, and histopathologic findings of a
unilateral retinoblastoma occurring in a 26-year-old woman. This tumor usually affects …

Background: The aim of the study was to investigate the histopathologic features of scar
tissue which have proliferated at the site of trabeculectomy of surgical failures after …

BACKGROUND Trabeculectomies are the most frequently performed procedures in
surgically treating eyes with glaucoma. Failures are caused by fibrosis in the external ostium …

Background The routine use of mitomycin C to enhance glaucomatous filtering surgery has
found wide acceptance. Complications of the application of mitomycin C have been …

* BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Trabeculectomies performed with mitomycin are more
likely to be successful, but have an increased rate of complications. We performed a novel …

Background: Ganciclovir, administered systemically or intraocularly, is effective in controlling
cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in immunocompromised patients. The efficacy of therapy …