Abstract Objective: To evaluate the adherence to clinical glaucoma treatment in patients that benefit from the Brazilian National Glaucoma Program and receive antiglaucomatous eye drops free of charge. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 255 patients that benefit from the Brazilian National Glaucoma Program (BNGP) and were assisted at the Altino Ventura Foundation (FAV), Pernambuco state, Brazil. The Morisky’s Adhesion Scale (MAS) was used to evaluate adhesion profile to treatment. Patients with a Morisky’s Adhesion score ≥ 6 was considered adherent […]

Abstract Objective: The second leading cause of blindness worldwide, glaucoma, occasionally requires surgical procedure for control. Given that Brazil has an Unified Health System (SUS) and a political-economic crisis in 2016, we aim to evaluate the financial impact on the therapeutic decision of glaucoma in the last 6 years in Brazil, and to consider the current discussion about early interventionist indication in its therapeutic algorithm. Methods: Ecological study of the Brazilian population, based on the SUS Hospital Information System, evaluating […]

Abstract Objective: To evaluate the prevalence and clinical-epidemiological profile of patients with glaucoma in Santarém-PA, from January 2016 to December 2017. Methods: Study descriptive, retrospective, quantitative and cross-sectional that was analyzed the medical records of 718 patients, both genders, attended by SUS in an ophthalmologic clinic from Santarém-PA. Was used an adapted record from a pre-existing model in the clinic and, after being searched, the data was systematized. Results: The study was found a prevalence of 6% (n=43), distributed in […]

Abstract Reversal of cupping is a rare entity, characterized by the reduction of optical disc cupping in response to sustained decrease in intraocular pressure (IOP) levels by 25% of the basal IOP. The occurrence of this phenomenon with clinical treatment is rarely reported in the literature. This study reports a case of a patient with juvenile glaucoma with augmented cupping, significant decrease in the retinal nerve fiber layer in both eyes and altered topografic measures in optical coherence tomography (OCT). […]

Objective: The EX-PRESS device is a surgical alternative for the treatment of POAG. To describe the IOP behavior before and after the implantation of the EX-PRESS, the pharmacological treatment used in the pre and postoperative period and the complications in the first year of the postoperative period. Methods: A quantitative descriptive study with review of electronic medical records of a private ophthalmological reference hospital in Goiânia (GO) from 2013 to 2018. Sample composed of 8 eyes with POAG subjected to […]

Objetivo: O dispositivo EX-PRESS é uma alternativa cirúrgica para o tratamento do GPAA. Descrever o comportamento da PIO antes e após a implantação do EX-PRESS, o tratamento farmacológico utilizado no período pré e pós-operatório e as complicações no primeiro ano do pós-operatório. Métodos: Estudo descritivo quantitativo com revisão de prontuários eletrônicos de um hospital particular de referência oftalmológica de Goiânia (GO) no período de 2013 a 2018. Amostra composta por 8 olhos com GPAA submetidos ao implante de EX-PRESS. Foram […]

The AA present Phacomorphic Glaucoma discussing the clinic presentation, diagnose and treatment of the disease in four patients.

Objective: To compare the result between two types of tonometres, using as gold standard the aplanation tonometry, relating to the corneal thickness and its validations as instruments of population screening. Methods: A comparative cross-sectional study was carried out with 400 eyes from the ophthalmology clinic of Adachi Ophthalmology, in Macapá (Amapá), between the mean values of ocular pressure measured by the Icare® tonometro, the Pneumatic Tonometer and the Goldmann Flattening Tonometro as a function of corneal thickness. They were divided […]