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...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate changes in choroidal thickness (CT) in advanced or late-stage primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) patients who had undergone trabeculectomy. METHODS This study included 23 eyes with PACG that required trabeculectomy. Enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography was used to measure CT before and 7 days after trabeculectomy. The relatio...

Hypotony maculopathy is a sight-threatening complication after trabeculectomy. We report on a 34-year-old man with juvenile open-angle glaucoma and high myopia, who developed hypotony maculopathy 14 years after trabeculectomy without bleb leak. This represents the longest known period from trabeculectomy to the development of hypotony maculopathy without bleb leak. The possible mechanisms for t...

© t o U C H B r i e f i n g s 2 0 1 2 although for open-angle glaucoma the level of intraocular pressure (iop) is no longer recognized as a defining criterion, it is a major risk factor for the development and progression of the disease. medical, laser, and surgical therapies therefore reduce iop to attempt to modify disease progression. trabeculectomy is the current gold standard of filtration...

Objective: To analyze and compare the role of mitomycin C bevacizumab in reducing intraocular pressure post trabeculectomy. Study Design: Comparative analytical study Place Duration Study: Department Ophthalmology, Indus Medical College, Tando Mohammad Khan from 1st October 2021 to 31st March 2022. Methodology: Sixty patients were enrolled. Patients divided equally two groups. Thirty given Grou...

The postoperative course of 309 eyes subjected to trabeculectomy has been studied over a 7-year period. The results have been compiled with regard to effectiveness to maintain a normal range of intraocular pressure with and without postoperative medication. The figures have been assessed in toto and for 3 groups of glaucoma, namely, open angle, chronic angle-closure, and acute angle-closure. Re...