glaucoma
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: patients with uncontrolled primary glaucoma in one eye with history of failed trabeculectomy in the other eye (done by the same surgeon) due to scarring.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Medically unfit patients - Patients with active inflammation - patients with neovascular glaucoma, vitrecomized patients - patients with corneal pathology hindering follow up of IOP - Patients with severe dry eye or chronic conjunctival pathology( e.g.: xerosis, severe trachoma, etc.) -
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| -Absolute success of the trabeculectomy to decrease IOP lower than 20 mm Hg without medications. ;Bleb functionality and grading | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| adverse events and complications | — |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Lecturer and Consultant of Ophthalmology