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Effects of timolol and Daranide on elevated intraocular pressure after aphakic keratoplasty. 1979

R J Olson, and H E Kaufman, and T J Zimmerman

In a randomized, blind clinical study, we tested the effect of timolol and Daranide against placebo medications among patients who had intraocular pressures greater than 30 mm Hg on the first postoperative day after aphakic keratoplasty. The study failed to show any significant difference in the pressure course. We concluded that because this type of severe secondary glaucoma is extremely difficult to treat, it should be prevented by using a donor cornea larger in size than the recipient bed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007429	Intraocular Pressure	The pressure of the fluids in the eye.	Ocular Tension,Intraocular Pressures,Ocular Tensions,Pressure, Intraocular,Pressures, Intraocular,Tension, Ocular,Tensions, Ocular
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D009883	Ophthalmic Solutions	Sterile solutions that are intended for instillation into the eye. It does not include solutions for cleaning eyeglasses or CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS.	Eye Drop,Eyedrop,Eyedrops,Ophthalmic Solution,Eye Drops,Drop, Eye,Drops, Eye,Solution, Ophthalmic,Solutions, Ophthalmic
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D011412	Propanolamines	AMINO ALCOHOLS containing the propanolamine (NH2CH2CHOHCH2) group and its derivatives.	Aminopropanols
D011897	Random Allocation	A process involving chance used in therapeutic trials or other research endeavor for allocating experimental subjects, human or animal, between treatment and control groups, or among treatment groups. It may also apply to experiments on inanimate objects.	Randomization,Allocation, Random
D002257	Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors	A class of compounds that reduces the secretion of H+ ions by the proximal kidney tubule through inhibition of CARBONIC ANHYDRASES.	Carbonate Dehydratase Inhibitor,Carbonate Dehydratase Inhibitors,Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor,Carboxyanhydrase Inhibitor,Carboxyanhydrase Inhibitors,Anhydrase Inhibitor, Carbonic,Dehydratase Inhibitor, Carbonate,Inhibitor, Carbonate Dehydratase,Inhibitor, Carbonic Anhydrase,Inhibitor, Carboxyanhydrase,Inhibitors, Carbonate Dehydratase,Inhibitors, Carbonic Anhydrase,Inhibitors, Carboxyanhydrase
D003315	Cornea	The transparent anterior portion of the fibrous coat of the eye consisting of five layers: stratified squamous CORNEAL EPITHELIUM; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CORNEAL STROMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; and mesenchymal CORNEAL ENDOTHELIUM. It serves as the first refracting medium of the eye. It is structurally continuous with the SCLERA, avascular, receiving its nourishment by permeation through spaces between the lamellae, and is innervated by the ophthalmic division of the TRIGEMINAL NERVE via the ciliary nerves and those of the surrounding conjunctiva which together form plexuses. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)	Corneas
D004005	Dichlorphenamide	A carbonic anhydrase inhibitor that is used in the treatment of glaucoma.	Diclofenamid,Daranide,Dichlofenamide,Glauconide