1. Comparison of anterior chamber flare among different glaucoma surgeries
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Masaki Tanito, Mihoko Mochiji, Yotaro Matsuoka, Kaoru Manabe, and Yasuyuki Takai
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Intraocular pressure ,genetic structures ,Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery ,Open angle glaucoma ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Glaucoma ,Retrospective cohort study ,medicine.disease ,Trabeculotomy ,Ophthalmology ,Medicine ,Trabeculectomy ,Clinical significance ,sense organs ,business - Abstract
Purpose To compare postsurgical anterior chamber flare (ACF) among conventional (trabeculectomy, LEC) and novel (EX-PRESS Shunt, EXP) filtration surgeries and microhook ab interno trabeculotomy (μLOT), a novel minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS). Subjects and methods This retrospective study included 125 primary open angle glaucoma eyes (89 consecutive subjects) treated with μLOT (n=38), LEC (n=12), or EXP (n=75). The intraocular pressure (IOP), numbers of antiglaucoma medication, and ACF at preoperatively and 2 weeks; 1, 3, and 6 months postoperatively were compared among the surgical groups using a mixed-effects regression model. Results The postoperative IOP (p
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- 2019
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