Loukovaara Sirpa

Diabetes mellitus and risk of open-angle glaucoma-A population-based follow-up study.

In our longitudinal population-based study, we found a modest decrease in the risk of OAG for individuals with DM.

Risk of glaucoma after vitreoretinal surgery - Findings from a population-based cohort study.

Vitreoretinal surgery was associated with an increased glaucoma risk; the risk being related to the complexity of vitrectomy. Long-term systemic statin therapy may decrease glaucoma risk, while diabetes had no association.

Incidence of glaucoma filtration surgery from disease onset of open-angle glaucoma.

This study characterized the treatment path of OAG from diagnosis to surgical intervention refining the role of GFS among glaucoma therapies.

Intravitreal anti-VEGF therapy is not associated with a higher risk of all-cause mortality in patients with macular oedema caused by posterior segment vascular diseases.

Intravitreal anti-VEGF therapy was not associated with an increase in the risk of mortality in patients with MO compared with age- and sex-matched controls.

Statin use and the reoperation rates in glaucoma filtration surgery - population-based cohort study.

Systemic statin therapy among surgically treated OAG patients had no impact on secondary surgery rates following DS, TRE or GDD implantation.