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Abstract #15570 Published in IGR 1-3
Use of megasoft contact lens following trabeculectomy
Iwasaki M; Hori S; Kadoya MJapanese Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology 1999; 53: 1701-1704
The authors evaluated the bandage effect of a megasoft bandage lens applied for two days after trabeculectomy with mitomicin C in 11 eyes of glaucoma. The series comprised open-angle glaucoma (nine eyes) and closed-angle glaucoma (two eyes). The intraocular pressure averaged 2.96±0.44 mm before and 2.77±0.62 mmHg three days after surgery. The anterior chamber depth averaged 19.5±0.46 mm before surgery, 7.6±2.2 mmHg at seven days and 14.1±2.8 mmHg at 12 months after surgery. Complications due to contact lens wear were consistently absent.
Dr. M. Iwasaki, Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Woman's Medical University School of Medicine, 8-1 Kawada-cho Sinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666; Japan
Classification:
12.8.2 With tube implant or other drainage devices (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)
