Trabeculectomy with Mitomycin-C versus modified adjustable sutures trabeculectomy with Mitomycin-C in primary open angle glaucoma: Comparative study | ||||
| Al-Azhar International Medical Journal | ||||
| Volume 2023, Issue 1, January 2023 | ||||
| DOI: 10.58675/2682-339X.1962 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Barakat Mohammed Mahmoud Barakat1; Al-araby Abd Al-Ghany Nassar2; Mohammed Abdel-Monem Mahdy2; Mustafa Mahmoud Mustafa3 | ||||
| 1Ophthalmology Specialist, Qalyopia Governorate, MOH, Egypt | ||||
| 2Ophthalmology department ,Faculty of medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
| 3Faculty of medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
| 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. | ||||
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