Characteristics of uveitic glaucoma in Turkish patients

dc.contributor.authorTekeli, Oya
dc.contributor.authorElgin, Ufuk
dc.contributor.authorTakmaz, Tamer
dc.contributor.authorEksioglu, Umit
dc.contributor.authorBas, Zeynep
dc.contributor.authorYarangumeli, Alper
dc.contributor.authorKarakurt, Ahmet
dc.contributor.authorEvren Kemer, Ozlem
dc.contributor.authorMumcuoglu, Tarkan
dc.contributor.authorAktas, Zeynep
dc.contributor.authorAkman, Ahmet
dc.contributor.authorBayer, Atilla
dc.contributor.pubmedID32799547en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-16T17:15:27Z
dc.date.available2021-05-16T17:15:27Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractPurpose: To evaluate the prevalence of uveitic glaucoma (UG) in the Turkish population and investigate the primary underlying diseases. Methods: This multicenter, cross-sectional, prospective study included patients who presented to the glaucoma units of 10 tertiary ophthalmology departments in Ankara, Turkey from 15th March to 16th May 2015 and fulfilled the criteria of UG. Patients were inspected for age, sex, medical history, best corrected visual acuity, biomicroscopic findings, intraocular pressure values, and visual field results. Results: During the study period, 4604 eyes of 2541 patients with glaucoma were screened and 145 eyes of 104 patients (4.1%) were identified as having UG. One hundred and thirty-four eyes (92.4%) had open-angle glaucoma and 11 eyes (7.6%) had closed-angle glaucoma. The mean patient age was 47 +/- 16 (6-90) years. Idiopathic uveitis (54 eyes), Behcet's disease (26 eyes), Fuchs heterochromic cyclitis (21 eyes), Herpes Simplex virus infectious uveitis (14 eyes), and ankylosing spondylitis (six eyes) were the leading types of uveitis associated with glaucoma. Acute anterior uveitis was the most common type of uveitis diagnosed in 72 patients (105 eyes), whereas 21 patients (27 eyes) had panuveitis, eight patients (nine eyes) had intermediate uveitis, and three patients (four eyes) had posterior uveitis. The need for surgical intervention was 37.2% among all cases and the most common surgery was trabeculectomy in 45 eyes. Conclusion: UG is a vision-threatening complication commonly seen in patients with uveitis. This study demonstrates the epidemiological features and underlying etiologies of UG in the Turkish population. The most common primary causes of UG were Behcet's disease and Fuchs heterochromic cyclitis.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1120-6721en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85089599444en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11727/5888
dc.identifier.wos000562043400001en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.1177/1120672120950932en_US
dc.relation.journalEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGYen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergien_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectGlaucomaen_US
dc.subjectuveitisen_US
dc.subjectepidemiologyen_US
dc.subjectrisk factorsen_US
dc.subjectcomplications of uveitisen_US
dc.subjectuveitis (pediatric)en_US
dc.subjectpediatric ophthalmologyen_US
dc.titleCharacteristics of uveitic glaucoma in Turkish patientsen_US
dc.typearticleen_US

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