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[Changes in filtering bleb with laser treatment after non-penetrating trabeculectomy]
- Source :
- Nippon Ganka Gakkai zasshi. 106(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- Ultrasound biomicroscopy(UBM) was performed on filtering blebs with laser treatment including laser gonioplasty(GP), laser iridotomy(LI), and YAG laser trabeculopuncture(YLT) after non-penetrating trabeculectomy(NPT). The filtering blebs were grouped into four types, L, H, E and F, and the spaces under the scleral flap were classified into three. La, S, and N.In case 1, an F type, an S bleb was not changed despite laser treatment 9 months after NPT. In case 2, YLT was performed twice to release the incarcerated iris. The filtering bleb was changed to the L type, an La bleb. In case 3, an F type, an S bleb was turned into an H type after GP, LI, and YLT. In case 4, GP effectively released peripheral anterior synechia formation and the filtering bleb was kept as an L type, La.Appropriate laser treatment may be effective in turning a flattened and localized bleb into a good filtering bleb.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00290203
- Volume :
- 106
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nippon Ganka Gakkai zasshi
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid..........efe713b8248237f26870b1a37d3874ea