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9599369

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-7-27
pubmed:abstractText
Although trabeculectomy is an established surgical technique for glaucoma, in some cases it does not achieve a good filtering effect despite the use of mitomycin-C (MMC). The authors have developed a new surgical technique for uncontrollable glaucoma that uses amniotic membrane to prevent postoperative adhesion of conjunctiva and sclera. They performed trabeculectomy with a limbal-based conjunctival flap using 0.4 mg/ml of MMC for 2 minutes. Amniotic membrane was then placed under the scleral flap and sutured using 10-0 nylon. Among 14 eyes of 13 patients who underwent this procedure, intraocular pressure was controlled to less than 20 mm Hg after surgery in 13 eyes, including 3 eyes that underwent a second surgery with the same technique and 2 eyes that underwent laser trabeculoplasty. The authors' results suggest that this technique is efficacious for the reduction of intraocular pressure in high-risk glaucoma patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1082-3069
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
428-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Trabeculectomy with the use of amniotic membrane for uncontrollable glaucoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article