2011
Use of amniotic membrane graft in glaucoma shunt surgery.
Anand A, Sheha H, Teng CC, Liebmann JM, Ritch R, Tello C. Use of amniotic membrane graft in glaucoma shunt surgery. Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers And Imaging Retina 2011, 42: 184-9. PMID: 21563743, DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20110426-01.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmniotic membrane graftMembrane graftTube exposurePatch graftAnterior segment optical coherence tomographyAmniotic membrane patch graftGlaucoma drainage device implantationGlaucoma drainage device surgeryGraft-related infectionDrainage device implantationRetrospective case seriesGlaucoma shunt surgeryLaser suture lysisOptical coherence tomographyGraft thinningTube revisionDevice surgeryGraft clarityShunt surgeryUneventful courseCase seriesDevice implantationGraft thicknessSuture lysisTectonic support
2010
Glaucoma Surgery Decreases the Rates of Localized and Global Visual Field Progression
Folgar FA, de Moraes CG, Prata TS, Teng CC, Tello C, Ritch R, Liebmann JM. Glaucoma Surgery Decreases the Rates of Localized and Global Visual Field Progression. American Journal Of Ophthalmology 2010, 149: 258-264.e2. PMID: 20103054, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.09.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual field progressionDB/yearGlaucoma surgeryIOP reductionField progressionGreater intraocular pressure reductionPointwise linear regression analysisRepeatable VF lossSuccessful glaucoma surgerySuccessful IOP reductionInterventional case seriesIntraocular pressure reductionGlaucoma Progression StudyGlaucoma surgical proceduresCase seriesMean IOPSurgery decreasesVF lossVF progressionOcular conditionsVF examinationProgression rateSurgical proceduresSame eyeMedical treatment