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Non-perforating trabecular surgery (NPTS) with reticulated hyaluronic acid implant (Skgel) allows aqueous humor to leave anterior chamber through a thin trabeculo-Descemet's membrane into a sclerocorneal space filled with Skgel implant and then via the outflow physiological channels. Good intraocular pressure (IOP) results are obtained with less or without external filtration decreasing the incidence of per- and postoperative complications described after trabeculectomy. This surgery is only indicated for primary open-angle glaucoma, trabeculectomy still being the gold standard procedure for other glaucoma cases.LA: French
Dr. J. Collignon-Brach, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Service d'Ophtalmologie, Liège, Belgium
12.8.3 Non-perforating (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)