Glaucoma
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1:Penetrating Canaloplasty surgery (combine canaloplasty with trabeculectomy)
Group 2:Canaloplasty surgery
Sponsors
Ophthalmology and Optometry Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All patients were at least 18 years old at the time of enrollment, able to understand and provide informed consent, and were scheduled for glaucoma surgery or combined cataract and glaucoma surgery. A diagnosis of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), pigmentary glaucoma, or exfoliative glaucoma, and a historical IOP of 21 mmHg or higher. With many patients on maximally tolerated medical therapy, the protocol was designed to allow patients to withdraw from medications due to intolerance or poor compliance provided they had a historical IOP =21 mmHg. All patients had documented visual field loss, were in various stages of the disease, and met the individual criteria of each surgeon for the diagnosis of glaucoma and failure of prior medical or laser therapy.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Severe heart, lung disease, advanced cancer,and with a history of mental illness; (2) A history of eye surgery and eye penetrate traumas; (3) Neovascular disease in fundus; (4) Refused to sign the informed consent and those who cannot adhere to the follow-up.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| intraocular pressure;surgical success rate; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| filtering bleb;anti-glaucoma medicine; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactYuanbo Liang
Ophthalmology and Optometry Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Outcome results
None listed