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Purpose: To assess the long?term outcomes of choroidal detachments (CDs) in eyes following trabeculectomy. Methods: Retrospective comparative case series. Data of patients with CDs following trabeculectomy (5?year period) with or without cataract surgery with a minimum of 3 months of follow?up were included. Results: In total, 45 patients with CDs following trabeculectomy were included. The mean age was 63.27 ± 8.68 years, (M:F = 2:1); 29 of 45 eyes (64.4%) had a baseline IOP of >24 mm Hg. Patients had a median follow?up of 22.2 (IQR: 16.2–30.5) months. Further, 10 of 45 eyes (22.2%) had CDs following suture lysis. The median onset of choroidal detachment from the time of surgery was 16.0 (IQR: 11–36) days. The mean BCVA improved from 0.62 ± 0.28 to 0.24 ± 0.27 (P < 0.001) and mean IOP increased from 4.07 ± 2.66 to 11.20 ± 5.31 (P < 0.001) at last visit. The cumulative success rates were 76.4% (95% CI: 48.4–90.5) in POAG eyes and 79.3% (95% CI: 62.8–89.1) in PACG eyes (P = 0.547). Medical management was the mainstay in all patients. Four of 45 (8.88%) patients underwent subsequent choroidal drainage. Conclusion: Choroidal detachment following modern?day trabeculectomy has favorable long?term visual acuity and IOP outcomes. There was no difference in the long?term surgical success of trabeculectomy with choroidal detachments in primary angle?closure and open?angle glaucoma eyes. Long?term follow?up is essential to prevent chronic hypotony and trabeculectomy failure
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We report the early outcomes and describe an ab interno 21?G needle technique of sulcus placement of the Aurolab aqueous drainage implant (AADI) tube in nine pseudophakic eyes. IOP reduced from a preoperative mean (SD) of 28.33 (9.80) to 11.56 (2.65) mm Hg and the mean (SD) number of preoperative medications reduced from 3.0 (0.7) to 0.4 (0.9) at 3 months. There were no intraoperative complications noted. This technique of sulcus placement of the AADI tube is a precise technique of tube insertion. It may be an alternative to existing ab externo procedures of tube sulcus placement, limiting multiple blind entries.
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Photography has always been an integral part of dentistry. The journey goes back to the time when film photography was used only for documentation and referral purpose which has now evolved to digital photography. Its application in dental practice is simple, fast, and extremely useful in documenting procedures of work, education of patients, and pursuing clinical investigations, thus providing many benefits to the dentists and patients. The article describes the added benefits of digital dental photography over film photography, basic armamentarium for obtaining good photographs, and how digital dental photography is beneficial in the field of prosthodontics.
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The field of dentistry, in particular prosthodontics has seen tremendous and much sophisticated advances. The advent of intra-oral scanners, CAD/CAM and reverse engineering technologies have even further improved the quality and precision of treatment procedures. Virtual articulators are one such tools that enables dentist to overcome the limitations and drawbacks of a traditional mechanical articulator. By input of real patient data it allows the analyses of static and dynamic occlusion. The purpose of this article is to highlight the procedure and benefits of using a virtual articulator over the traditional one