Document Type
Original Article
Abstract
Trabeculectomy with Mitomycin-C versus modified adjustable sutures trabeculectomy with Mitomycin-C in primary open angle glaucoma: Comparative study
Abstract
Background: Trabeculectomy is the most common glaucoma surgery worldwide. Overflow may lead to serious complications, fine control of IOP by adjustable sutures technique decreased complications and increased success rates.
Methods: A comparative, prospective, interventional clinical study in which 50 eyes of 50 patients with primary open angle glaucoma were included, and randomly assigned to Trabeculectomy with Mitomycin-C and modified adjustable sutures trabeculectomy with Mitomycin-C. It was conducted at Al-Hussein University Hospital, Cairo, between January 2017 and December 2021. Patients were followed up for one year and IOP was compared, and complications were recorded.
Results: Our results demonstrated that mean postoperative IOP was statistically less in group (A) compared to group (B) in the first postoperative follow up day (p =
Conclusion: Trabeculectomy with adjustable sutures is a procedure promising as regard safety and prevention of excessive drainage.
Keywords
glaucoma; adjustable sutures; trabeculectomy; Mitomycin
Subject Area
Ophthalmology
How to Cite This Article
Barakat, Barakat Mohammed Mahmoud; Nassar, Al-araby Abd Al-Ghany; Mahdy, Mohammed Abdel-Monem; and Mustafa, Mustafa Mahmoud
(2023)
"Trabeculectomy with Mitomycin-C versus modified adjustable sutures trabeculectomy with Mitomycin-C in primary open angle glaucoma: Comparative study,"
Al-Azhar International Medical Journal: Vol. 4:
Iss.
10, Article 18.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58675/2682-339X.1962
