OBJECTIVE: To evaluate how much decreases intraocular pressure (IOP) with bimatoprost 0,03%  (Glamigan, Germed, Brazil) in patiens with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) and ocular hypertension (OH) and possible side effects. Study: Controlled and randomized study. METHODS: There were evaluated 66 eyes of 35 patients with age of 18 years old or more diagnosed with POAG and OH. All the patients had Glamigan® as first drop for treatment used once daily (at night) and 30 days later they had IOP […]

OBJECTIVE: To access the patient’s profile after enucleation or evisceration of ocular globe using mules implant. METHODS: An epidemiological study with a cross-sectional design was conducted, based on analysis of medical records of patients who underwent enucleation or evisceration of the eyeball assisted in the Department of Ocular Plastic and Orbit of the HRSJ from December 1999 to December 2009. The variables used were age, sex, surgery, indication, size of implant and postoperative complications associated. RESULTS: A total of 68 […]

OBJECTIVE: Ocular changes in special due to volume loss in eviscerated cavities promote several psychological aesthetic and functional alterations to patients. For this reason, searches aiming at finding a material of low cost and biocompatibility have been constantly carried out. Test experimentally the implants constituted of ultra-high molecular weight granular polyethylene oflow cost, in orbits of rabbits subjected to surgical evisceration in several experimental times, evaluating the macro and microscope aspects besides the systemic toxicity of the material. METHODS: In […]

PURPOSE: To compare topographic features of patients with keratoconus between two systems: Orbscan IIz® (Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, New York, USA) and Wavetek Chroma®. METHODS: Twenty-nine patients that were diagnosed with keratoconus based on clinical and topographic characteristics were evaluated on their visit to Ophthalmology Hospital of Sorocaba in March 2010. Topographic variables, like maximum and minimum keratometric readings (Sim K) within 3 and 5 mm of central zone, and maximum keratometry, were analyzed by Orbscan IIz® and Wavetek Chroma®. […]

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the anatomic and the visual results of patients with traumatic cataract who sought care in Hospital de Olhos do Paraná (HOP), that were subjected  to surgical treatment in this service. To describe their epidemiological and clinical aspects, and to analyze the post operative functional results. METHODS: There were included in the study all patients subjected to a surgical treatment and the following characteristics were analyzed: sex, age, pre and postoperative visual acuity, mechanism of trauma, associated ocular […]

PURPOSE: To analyze the results of combined cataract and glaucoma surgery and to present the technique with scleral peri-limbic suture. METHODS: Retrospective study with review of the data about intraocular pressure, visual acuity, antihypertensive medication before and after surgery and description of the combined surgery technique, with follow up of six months. We selected 10 patients with glaucoma and cataract (15 eyes) followed up from January 2005 to June 2007 from Santa Casa Olhos de Montes Claros (MG). The glaucoma […]

PURPOSE: To evaluate by high frequency ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) the anatomical characteristics of viscocanalostomy and their relationship with the intraocular pressure (IOP) lowering. METHODS: A transversal study which included 9 eyes (7 patients) undergoing viscocanalostomy and examined by high frequency UBM (80 MHz). Several UBM variables were evaluated, including the presence of the intrascleral space, the maximum length and height of the intrascleral space and the minimum thickness of residual trabeculo-Descemet membrane (TDM). Surgical success was considered to be achieved […]

Ischemic ocular syndrome (IOS) is caused by stenosis of carotid artery. Proliferative retinopathy is one of the signs and can lead to misdiagnosis with diabetic retinopathy. IOS must be considered in case of proliferative retinopathy asymmetric and refractory to laser treatment. Carotid endarterectomy in patients with IOS with no neurologic manifestations remains controversy. This paper reported a patient with IOS simulating diabetic retinopathy and treated with endarterectomy.