Glaucoma Journal Club
4 articles

Chapter 33

Cholinergic Agents

Pilocarpine and other miotics: mechanisms, indications, and limitations.

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Effect of Pilocarpine on the Iridocorneal Angle Following Phaco-Kahook Dual Blade Goniotomy in Japanese Glaucoma Patients.

Phaco-KDB effectively widened the iridocorneal angle in this Japanese POAG and NTG cohort. However, angle widening did not increase further after pilocarpine instillation. This suggests that postoperative pilocarpine therapy after phaco-KDB offers limited benefit.

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Effect of Postoperative Pilocarpine Eyedrops in the Outcomes of Gonioscopy-Assisted Transluminal Trabeculotomy Surgery.

Routine postoperative pilocarpine use following GATT did not appear to significantly impact surgical outcomes or complication rates.

2025· Journal of glaucomaJournal Articlecross-ref

Effect of anticholinergic eye drops on intraorbital, periorbital and brain pulsation power.

The findings suggest parasympathetic activity is crucial in modulating physiological pulsations in both ocular and cerebral glymphatic pathways.

2025· Acta ophthalmologicaJournal Articlecross-ref

Robotic Visible-Light Optical Coherence Tomography Visualizes Segmental Schlemm's Canal Anatomy and Segmental Pilocarpine Response.

Circumferential noninvasive imaging of the AHO pathways was done in vivo.

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