BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE To report the 5-year intraocular pressure (IOP) outcomes of patients requiring a 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) needling revision compared to a matched sample. PATIENTS AND METHODS Forty eyes receiving 5-FU bleb needling revision were matched to 40 patients not needled. IOP was recorded preoperatively and annually to 5 years. The main outcome measure was surgical success: IOP ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of transconjunctival needling revision with 5-fluorouracil versus medical treatment in glaucomatous eyes with uncontrolled intraocular pressure due to encapsulated bleb after trabeculectomy. METHODS Prospective, randomized, interventional study. A total of 40 eyes in 39 patients with elevated intraocular pressure and encapsulated blebs diagnosed at a maximum ...

purpose: to develop a computational model for predicting the fluid production and flow, and intraocular pressure (iop) following glaucoma surgery. methods: to help elucidate the interplay of physical factors controlling the distribution and absorption of aqueous humor in sub-conjunctival tissue, and tissue remodeling, a computational model is developed to predict the fluid production in the eye...

purpose : to report the long-term outcome of patients with iridocorneal endothelial syndrome (ice) who required surgery for glaucoma. materials & methods : this retrospective, noncomparative case series was conducted on 11 patients with ice who underwent surgery to control their glaucoma between 1992 and 2004 in farabi eye hospital. the first surgery was trabeculectomy with mitomycin c except i...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW To present a review of the current literature regarding the management of glaucoma-filtering bleb infections. RECENT FINDINGS With the increased use of intraoperative antifibrotic (eg, mitomycin and fluorouracil) as an adjunct to standard trabeculectomy, an increased incidence is seen of late-onset filtering bleb-related infections. These infections range from infections loc...

TITLE: Analysis of bleb morphology after trabeculectomy with anterior segment optical coherence tomography. PURPOSE: To describe the use of Anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS OCT ) in imaging of trabeculectomy bleb to find out the morphology and internal structure, and correlate its internal characteristics with the function of the bleb. METHODS: Observational case-series study.6...