purpose: to evaluate and compare the results of different surgical methods for post-trabeculectomy bleb revision at labbafinejad medical center, tehran-iran, from 1999 to 2003. methods: this study was conducted on all patients who underwent post-trabeculectomy bleb revision due to hypotony [intraocular pressure (iop) less than 6 mmhg] or bleb leakage. surgical methods were: conjunctival advance...

Purpose: To describe the case of a 21-year-old patient with uveal effusion with no microphthalmia and any systemic disease that was treated with scleral window surgery and topical administration of mitomycin C (MMC) and zonulysis which was misdiagnose as a ring melanoma of cilliary body appeared shortly after the operation Case report: A uveal effusion was detected in the eye. Partial-thickness...

The lens was removed using the ab externo approach with a limbal-based flap and corneo-scleral section, followed by a round pupil cryoextraction with or without zonulysin. The zonulysin used was o05 to i ml. Chymozym (Ikapharm) containing I63 to 332 Anson proteolytic units. Postoperatively the patients received atropine and antibiotic drops. Steroid drops were started on the third postoperative...

AIM We present a novel surgical technique for repair of persistent and symptomatic cyclodialysis clefts refractory to conservative or minimally invasive treatment. BACKGROUND Numerous surgical techniques have been described to close cyclodialysis clefts. The current standard approach involves intraocular repair of cyclodialysis clefts underneath a full-thickness scleral flap. TECHNIQUE Our ...

AIM To establish the incidence, time course, and severity of conjunctival wound leakage following trabeculectomy, and also to establish whether early wound leakage adversely affects the ultimate outcome of the surgery. METHOD A prospective, observational case series of sequential trabeculectomies performed in a single institution over a 12 month period. Datasets on 286 operations were analyse...

PURPOSE To evaluate the in vivo changes in the Schlemm's canal (SC) in patients with primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) after trabeculectomy using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). METHODS Forty eyes of 40 patients with PACG who underwent trabeculectomy were included. All participants underwent SD-OCT. The diameter and area of SC were examined and measured before and w...