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Abstract #86354 Published in IGR 21-2
Dynamics of structural reversal in Bruch's membrane opening-based morphometrics after glaucoma drainage device surgery
Gietzelt C; von Goscinski C; Lemke J; Schaub F; Hermann MM; Dietlein TS; Cursiefen C; Heindl LM; Enders PGraefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 2020; 258: 1227-1236
PURPOSE: Structural reversal of disc cupping is a known phenomenon after trabeculectomy. The aim of this retrospective, longitudinal, cross-sectional analysis was to evaluate the postoperative dynamics of Bruch's membrane opening-based morphometrics of the optic nerve head following glaucoma drainage device surgery. METHODS: Forty-three eyes, treated by glaucoma drainage device surgery, were included in the study. Individual changes in the spectral domain optic coherence tomography (SD-OCT) parameters Bruch's membrane opening minimum rim width (BMO-MRW), Bruch's membrane opening minimum rim area (BMO-MRA) and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness as well as mean defect in 30-2 perimetry were analyzed. Changes were correlated to postoperative intraocular pressure levels over time. Available follow-up visits were aggregated and grouped into a short-term follow-up (20 to 180 days after surgery), a midterm follow-up (181 to 360 days after surgery) and a long-term follow-up (more than 360 days after surgery). RESULTS: In short-term follow-up, BMO-MRW and BMO-MRA increased significantly (p <= 0.034). This increase correlated negatively with the intraocular pressure at the time of the follow-up (Pearson's rho = - 0.49; p = 0.039). From 6 months after surgery on, there was no statistically significant change in BMO-MRW and BMO-MRA (p >= 0.207). RNFL thickness and mean defect of 30-2 perimetry showed no significant changes after GDD implantation (p >= 0.189). CONCLUSIONS: Lowering of intraocular pressure by glaucoma drainage device surgery leads to an increase of Bruch's membrane opening based parameters in the first 6 months after surgery. These changes have to be taken into account when evaluating patients' longitudinal follow-up after glaucoma drainage device implantation.
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Straße 62, 50924, Cologne, Germany. caroline.gietzelt@uk-koeln.de.
Full articleClassification:
12.8.2 With tube implant or other drainage devices (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)
2.12 Choroid, peripapillary choroid, peripapillary atrophy (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)
2.14 Optic disc (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)
