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Abstract #24062 Published in IGR 11-3

Initial trabeculectomy with mitomycin C in eyes with uveitic glaucoma with inactive uveitis

Kaburaki T; Koshino T; Kawashima H; Numaga J; Tomidokoro A; Shirato S; Araie M
Eye 2009; 23: 1509-1517


PURPOSE: To analyse clinical outcomes of trabeculectomy with mitomycin C (MMC) in eyes with uveitic glaucoma (UG) with inactive uveitis and compare them to those in eyes with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). DESIGN: Retrospective non-randomized comparative interventional case series. METHODS: A total of 53 eyes with UG and 80 eyes with POAG that received MMC trabeculectomy as an initial ocular surgery with average follow-up of 5.4 years were reviewed retrospectively. The intraocular pressure (IOP) control and persistence of filtering bleb were analysed using the Kaplan-Meier life-table method based on two definitions of successful IOP control, ie complete success (IOP

Dr. T. Kaburaki, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. kabutosi-tky@umin.ac.jp


Classification:

12.8.10 Woundhealing antifibrosis (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)
9.4.6 Glaucomas associated with inflammation, uveitis (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders)



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