AIM This study examines the changes in axial length (AL) after trabeculectomy and glaucoma drainage device (GDD) surgery and enabled an equation to be derived allowing prediction of AL change after filtering surgery. METHODS This was a prospective, interventional case series from the Glaucoma Service of the Doheny Eye Institute. PATIENT POPULATION One eye of 39 patients undergoing trabecule...

Aim: This study examines the changes in axial length (AL) after trabeculectomy and glaucoma drainage device (GDD) surgery and enabled an equation to be derived allowing prediction of AL change after filtering surgery. Methods: This was a prospective, interventional case series from the Glaucoma Service of the Doheny Eye Institute. Patient population: One eye of 39 patients undergoing trabeculec...

Trabeculectomy surgery has been shown to lower intraocular pressure and is the most commonly performed glaucoma procedure worldwide. However, giving a patient a 'bleb for life' is not without consequences and the failure of trabeculectomy to control IOP in the long term is well documented. In some instances, such as in patients with exfoliative glaucoma or primary angle closure glaucoma, catara...

PURPOSE To compare the histopathologic and morphologic findings of encapsulated blebs following Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation and primary standard trabeculectomy with mitomycin-C. METHODS We reviewed the records of patients with otherwise uncontrollable glaucoma who had undergone Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation or trabeculectomy with mitomycin-C. Five eyes that underwent Ahmed valve imp...

AIMS/BACKGROUND The introduction of the adjunctive use of antiproliferatives to trabeculectomy has greatly improved the success rate of this operation. Trabeculectomy with antiproliferative treatment, however, is usually associated with a cystic and thin walled filtering bleb, which may be more susceptible to infection. The objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence, clinical finding...

For primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), laser treatment or surgery is used when the target intraocular pressure (IOP) cannot be achieved by pharmacological agents, such as prostaglandin (PG) analogs; these drugs also have varied effects. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 74 POAG patients (74 eyes) whose IOP was inadequately controlled by PG analogs (bimatoprost [13 eyes], latan...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Previous reports have suggested that the success rate for trabeculectomy is poorer in younger age groups but these studies often have heterogeneous groups representing different types of glaucoma with variable surgical prognosis. Therefore, the relation between age and the success of trabeculectomy in the single diagnostic category of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) without i...

The aim of this study was to compare the visual acuity and intraocular pressure (IOP) in children who underwent either trabeculotomy or trabeculectomy as an initial surgical procedure for primary congenital glaucoma.This retrospective study involved 38 eyes (21 patients) with primary congenital glaucoma treated by trabeculotomy and 45 eyes (26 patients) that underwent trabeculectomy. The inclus...

PURPOSE The purpose of this to investigate whether selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) has any effect on the success of trabeculectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirteen-one eyes of 29 primary open-angle glaucoma patients who underwent SLT before trabeculectomy and 29 eyes of 27 patients with the same inclusion criteria which underwent trabeculectomy without prior SLT in the Sifa University and...