Thawan Gomes

• University of São Paulo

This work describes the development of a fast, precise and reliable voltammetric method for the quantification of indapamide, an orally active diuretic sulfonamide used for hypertensive treatment. This compound acts inhibiting sodium reabsorption and increasing the elimination of water. This characteristic was responsible for its banishment by the...

AIM: To evaluate and compare the quality of life of patients submitted to XEN® implant or trabeculectomy and the relationship with potentially involved variables. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of patients with advanced open-angle glaucoma who underwent implantation of XEN® (group 1) and trabeculectomy (group 2) between October 2015 and February...

Purpose The new approach of Micro invasive Glaucoma Surgery, XEN Gel Stent is made of soft collagen and it is introduced by a corneal incision, trough the anterior chamber angle and it stands under the conjunctiva space. To study the bleb macroscopic morphology with Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography and correlate it with the clinical ev...

Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare macroscopic and microscopic morphological features of functioning filtering blebs after XEN Gel Stent (XEN) implantation and trabeculectomy. Methods Prospective, observational case-control study of 10 eyes submitted to XEN implantation, 10 eyes submitted to trabeculectomy and 11 control eye...

Purpose To establish the efficacy and safety of an Ab Interno Collagen Stent (AICS) in combination with subconjunctival Mitomycin C (MMC) in patients with open angle glaucoma (OAG), in the reduction of intraocular pressure (IOP), hypotensive treatment (HT) and progression on structural retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) exams. Methods Prospective, n...