Anja Lorch

Trends and Usage Patterns of Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery in the United States: IRIS® Registry Analysis 2013-2018.

A significant increase in MIGS use occurred over the recent 6-year period, despite limited evidence of their long-term safety or effectiveness, highlighting the need for trials comparing safety and outcomes of novel MIGS versus traditional…

Race and Ethnicity Differences in Disease Severity and Visual Field Progression Among Glaucoma Patients.

Black, Asian and Hispanic patients had greater baseline severity vs.

Effectiveness of Microinvasive Glaucoma Surgery in the United States: Intelligent Research in Sight Registry Analysis 2013-2019.

In current United States clinical practice, MIGS has substantially lower reoperation rates when performed with phacoemulsification, especially for ECP and goniotomy or canaloplasty.

Racial Disparities in Glaucoma Vision Outcomes and Eye Care Utilization: An IRIS Registry Analysis.

We found that significant disparities in US eye care exist with Black, Hispanic, and Native American patients having worse vision outcomes and less disease monitoring.

Effectiveness of Trabeculectomy and Tube Shunt with versus without Concurrent Phacoemulsification: Intelligent Research in Sight Registry Longitudinal Analysis.

Reoperation rates within the first 3 years after trabeculectomy and GDD with and without phacoemulsification were low.

Treatment Patterns of Childhood Glaucoma in the United States: Analysis of IRISRegistry (Intelligent Research in Sight).

We found that 1 in 6 childhood glaucoma eyes underwent glaucoma-related procedures, and nearly all received antiglaucoma medications.

Risk Factors for Glaucoma Diagnosis and Surgical Intervention following Pediatric Cataract Surgery in the IRIS® Registry.

Glaucoma following cataract surgery diagnosis in children in the IRIS Registry was associated with young age, aphakia, unilateral cataract, and Black race.

Risk Factors for Glaucoma Drainage Device Revision or Removal Using the IRIS Registry.

The size and scope of the IRIS Registry allows for detection of subtle associations between risk factors and GDD revision or removal surgery.

Primary Care Provider Familiarity and Compliance With Preferred Practice Patterns for Comprehensive Eye Examinations.

PCPs' awareness of and familiarity with AAO CEE guidelines is variable and improves with provider age and experience. Efforts to improve PCP guideline awareness may be especially well suited to residents and mid-level practitioners.

Graft Failure After Pediatric Penetrating Keratoplasty in the United States.

Approximately half of children undergoing PK in the IRIS Registry experienced graft failure within 5 years of transplantation.

Geographic Distribution of Access to Glaucoma Surgery: An IRIS® Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight) Analysis.

Patients are more likely to receive most types of glaucoma surgeries in urban practice locations.

Complications After Pediatric Penetrating Keratoplasty: An IRIS Registry Study.

Infectious keratitis was the most common postoperative complication in children undergoing PK.

Corneal Endothelial Keratoplasty Following Glaucoma Treatment: An American Academy of Ophthalmology IRIS® Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight) Analysis.

This large study highlights the substantially elevated risk of endothelial keratoplasty following traditional glaucoma surgeries such as tube/shunt implantation and trabeculectomy as well as the modestly increased risk associated with chronic topical glaucoma therapy.

Comparison of Glaucoma Surgery Incidence and Outcomes in Pseudoexfoliation and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: IRIS® Registry Analysis.

Patients with PXG were nearly twice as likely to undergo glaucoma surgery than those with POAG, even when the baseline characteristics were balanced, reflecting the more aggressive nature of PXG.

Causes and Treatments of Malignant Glaucoma in the United States: Analysis of IRIS® Registry.

More than half of the eyes with MG had a pre-existing glaucoma diagnosis.

Factors Associated With Gonioscopy Coding Before Glaucoma Procedures in the IRISRegistry.

Preoperative gonioscopy use and/or coding is lower than expected, given current guidelines. Among glaucoma procedures, ab interno MIGS were associated with lower preoperative gonioscopy utilization.