Virtanen Aapo

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.

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.