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Trabeculectomy and gelatin implants
Author(s) -
Sveinsson Ørn,
Sigurdsson Thorkell,
Høvding Gunnar
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1992.tb02147.x
Subject(s) - trabeculectomy , medicine , implant , glaucoma , gelatin , ophthalmology , surgery , chemistry , biochemistry
In a retrospective follow‐up study including 60 eyes with simple or capsular glaucoma, the results obtained by using a gelatin implant under the scleral flap during trabeculectomy were compared with those obtained without such implants. One month postoperatively the mean IOP was significantly lower in the gelatin group than in the control group (15.0 mmHg and 17.9 mmHg, respectively) (p = 0.024). At the long‐term follow‐up, however, the mean IOP in the two groups were very similar (13.6 mmHg and 14.8 mmHg, respectively).