Comparison of bleb morphologies between phacoemulsification combined with Ex-PRESS mini shunt implantation, phacotrabeculectomy and trabeculectomy alone : a two-year retrospective in vivo confocal microscopy study

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BACKGROUND: To compare the bleb morphologies of phacoemulsification combined with Ex-PRESS implantation (Phaco-ExPRESS), phaco trabeculectomy (Phaco-Trab), and trabeculectomy (Trab) in postoperative two years.

METHODS: Patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) with or without cataracts were included in this study. All patients underwent surgeries of either Phaco-ExPRESS, Phaco-Trab, or Trab. The morphologic structures of the filtering bleb, including microcysts area, hyperreflective dot density, and stromal connective tissue under in vivo confocal microscope (IVCM), were compared between the three groups. The data were collected preoperatively and postoperatively at 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and 24 months.

RESULTS: Eighty-nine eyes from 89 patients were enrolled, including 32 in the Phaco-ExPRESS group, 25 in the Phaco-Trab group, and 32 in the Trab group. In a 24-month follow-up, bleb morphologies in Phaco-ExPRESS were similar to the Trab group. The area of epithelial microcysts was significantly increased in Phaco-ExPRESS and Trab groups while significantly decreased in Phaco-Trab. At postoperative 24 months, the complete success rate was 65.1% in Phaco-ExPRESS, 32.0% in Phaco-Trab, and 59.4% in the Trab group (P = 0.03). The phaco-Trab group had more postoperative anti-glaucoma medications than the other two groups (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONS: Phaco-ExPRESS group and Trab group had similar blebs morphologies in IVCM, with larger microcyst area, looser connective tissue, and less inflammation than Phaco-Trab, indicating that the function of blebs in the Phaco-ExPRESS and Trab group, was more potent than that of Phaco-Trab. All these surgical methods provided adequate IOP control, but Phaco-Trab required more anti-glaucoma medications.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

BMC ophthalmology - 24(2024), 1 vom: 06. März, Seite 108

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Yuqiao [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Chunxin [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Suwen [VerfasserIn]
Li, Ling [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Xiaoyang [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yanlei [VerfasserIn]
Niu, Yongyi [VerfasserIn]
Qin, Yongjie [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Hongyang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiglaucoma Agents
Glaucoma drainage implant
In vivo confocal microscopy
Journal Article
Phacoemulsification
Primary open angle glaucoma
Trabeculectomy

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Date Completed 08.03.2024

Date Revised 09.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12886-024-03364-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369386698