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Trabeculectomy and gelatin implants. A retrospective, long-term follow-up study
O Sveinsson1, T Sigurdsson, G Høvding
1Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bergen, Norway.
Acta Ophthalmologica
|October 1, 1992
Abstract:
In a retrospective follow-up study including 60 eyes with simple or capsular glaucoma, the results obtained by using a gelatin implant under the scleral flap during trabeculectomy were compared with those obtained without such implants. One month postoperatively the mean IOP was significantly lower in the gelatin group than in the control group (15.0 mmHg and 17.9 mmHg, respectively) (p = 0.024). At the long-term follow-up, however, the mean IOP in the two groups were very similar (13.6 mmHg and 14.8 mmHg, respectively).