Twenty-four-hour intraocular pressure patterns in a symptomatic patient after ab interno trabeculotomy surgery

Autor: Mansouri K, Medeiros FA, Weinreb RN
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Clinical Ophthalmology, Vol 2014, Iss default, Pp 2195-2197 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1177-5483
Popis: Kaweh Mansouri,1 Felipe A Medeiros,2 Robert N Weinreb2 1Glaucoma Sector, Department of Ophthalmology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland; 2Hamilton Glaucoma Center and Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA Abstract: We report the results of repeated ambulatory continuous 24-hour intraocular pressure (IOP) monitoring with a contact lens sensor (CLS) in a glaucoma patient with ocular pain after ab interno trabeculotomy (Trabectome™) surgery. Our findings show that a combined prostaglandin–pilocarpine treatment reduced nighttime IOP peaks and relieved the patient’s symptoms. Keywords: 24-hour, Trabectome contact lens sensor, prostaglandin–pilocarpine treatment
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