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Jae-Chiang Wong1,2, Esika Savsani3, Raziyeh Mahmoudzadeh4
1Glaucoma Research Center, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Purpose:
To assess the outcomes of glaucoma surgery in patients with a history of scleritis at a tertiary medical center.
Methods:
The retrospective case series included patients with a history of scleritis who required glaucoma surgery between 4/2006 and 8/2021.
Results:
Two hundred and eighty-one eyes of 259 patients had glaucoma and scleritis with 28 eyes (10%) of 25 patients requiring glaucoma surgery. Post-operatively, one eye (4%) had infectious scleritis. Eleven (39%) surgeries failed: 5 tube shunts, 5 cyclophotocoagulation, and 1 gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy. Five (18%) eyes required tube revisions due to tube exposures without infection (3), iris blocking the tube (1), or to shorten tube length (1).
Conclusions:
Patients with a history of scleritis have a low risk of scleritis recurrence or scleral perforation after glaucoma surgery but should be counseled appropriately on the higher risk of reoperation.
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