Glaucoma Journal Club:(EMGT and CIGTS)

For the CITGS study:

 

  1. Interim clinical outcomes in the Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study comparing initial treatment randomized to medications or surgery. Lichter PR, Musch DC: CIGTS study group.  Ophthalmology. 2001 Nov; 108(11): 1943-53
  2. Factors associated with intraocular pressure  before and during 9 years of treatment in the Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study. Musch DC, Gillespie BW; CIGTS study group. Ophthalmology. 2008 Jun;115(6):927-33
  3. Perioperative complications of trabeculectomy in the collaborative initial glaucoma treatment study (CIGTS). Jampel HD, Musch DC: CIGTS study group. Am J Ophthalmology. 2005 Jul:140(1)16-22
For the EMGT study:
  1. Reduction of Intraocular Pressure and Glaucoma Progression, Results from the Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial.  Anders Heijl, MD, PhD; M. Cristina Leske, MD, MPH et al. Arch Ophthalmology 2002;120(10):1268-1279
  2. Predictors of Long-term Progression in the Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial. M. Cristina Leske, MD, MPH, Anders Heijl, MD, PhD et al, EMGT group. Ophthalmology 2007;114:1965-1972
  3. Effects of argon laser trabeculoplasty in the Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial. Heijl A, Peters D, Leske MC, Bengtsson B. Am J Ophthalmology. 2011 Nov;152(5):842-8