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...

SUMMARY BACKGROUND Trabeculectomy is the commonest surgical procedure for glaucoma. The outcome of trabeculectomy in the treatment of all types of glaucoma over a 4-year period in a Nigerian population was reviewed. OBJECTIVE To determine the surgical rate and effectiveness of trabeculectomy in lowering of intra ocular pressure (IOP) and preservation of visual acuity. METHODS Retrospective ...

CONTEXT Risk factors for failure of trabeculectomy may have a cumulative effect on the outcome. AIMS To study the effect of preoperative ocular risk factors on the surgical outcome of trabeculectomy augmented with 2 commonly used doses of Mitomycin C. SETTINGS AND DESIGN In a prospective cohort study, cases were recruited over an 18 month period. 92 eyes of 83 patients with one to three kno...

Background: To assess the potential use of amniotic membrane graft (AMG) for augmenting trabeculectomy. Methods: Sixteen eyes of 8 rabbits were randomly divided into a study group that underwent trabeculectomy with AMG, and a control group that underwent trabeculectomy alone. Result: The mean duration of blebs was greater in the study group as compared to the controls (p=0.009). On day 1, the I...

Surgical outcomes of phacoemulsification only and phacoemulsification combined with trabeculectomy were compared in patients with primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG). Clinical records of 41 consecutive patients were retrospectively reviewed, and there was no difference in best-corrected visual acuity and intraocular pressure preoperatively and at the final follow-up in both study groups. Rega...

Background/Aims: To describe the long term results of cases of cataract extraction combined with either Molteno implant insertion or trabeculectomy for primary open angle glaucoma. Methods: This prospective case series followed cases which had cataract extraction and Molteno implant insertion (45 eyes) or trabeculectomy (94 eyes) followed up for a mean of 5.3 years and 3.9 years respectively. R...