Purpose To evaluate the safety and efficacy of trabeculectomy with or without mitomycin-C (MMC) in the management of glaucoma in aphakia and pseudophakia following congenital cataract surgery.

The gold standard of surgical management of patients with open-angle glaucoma is trabeculectomy with an adjunctive antifibrotic agent. Although bleb-forming surgeries reduce intraocular pressure (IOP) ...

Trabeculectomy after failed glaucoma drainage device (GDD) is often thought of as a poor choice due to the possibility of violated conjunctiva leading to failure of the trabeculectomy. Thus, no large ...

The goal of glaucoma surgery should be the preservation of visual function, the avoidance of sight-threatening complications, and the preservation of the quality of life of the patient. Curiously, the ...

The combination of a compromised endothelium and the use of mitomycin-C can cause bullous keratopathy in patients undergoing glaucoma filtering surgery, a recent publication suggests. Holger Mietz, MD ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The most compelling developments right now in glaucoma are on the surgical front. Obviously, trabeculectomy has ...

A new report suggests corticosteroids likely are not a panacea for ocular surface disease, a potential adverse effect of trabeculectomy. Patients who took steroid eye drops before trabeculectomy for ...

Did you know about an eye condition that can lead to blindness if left untreated? Glaucoma, an ocular condition, causes harm to the optic nerve, the link between the eye and the brain. It is a ...

More than half of people getting a certain type of glaucoma surgery may suffer from temporary, sometimes severe vision loss afterwards, suggests a new study. A smaller proportion, about 8 in every 100 ...