Trabeculectomy with Healaflow versus Trabeculectomy for the Treatment of Glaucoma: A Case-Control Study
Joint Authors
Georgalas, Ilias
Koutsandrea, Chryssanthi
Papaconstantinou, Dimitris
Diagourtas, Andreas
Petrou, Petros
Rouvas, Alexandros
Vergados, Athanasios
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-06-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Purpose.
To compare the outcomes of trabeculectomy with and without Healaflow (Anteis S.A, Geneva, Switzerland), a high molecular weight viscoelastic gel, in patients requiring glaucoma surgery.
Methods.
This was a retrospective, comparative, interventional case-control study.
Forty patients formed two matched study groups and were analyzed (trabeculectomy alone (control) versus trabeculectomy with Healaflow (study)).
Results.
The postoperative levels of mean IOP were statistically significantly lower P < 0.05 than preoperatively in both groups, for all time intervals.
There was no statistical difference, at the end of the follow-up period, between the two groups in the mean values of the IOP (14.9 ± 3.2 mmHg for the study group versus 14.8 ± 3.3 mmHg for the control group).
The number of antiglaucoma drugs used in the study group was reduced from a preoperative mean of 3.4 ± 0.75 to a 6-month postoperative mean of 0.6 ± 0.8 P < 0.001 and in the control group from 3.6 ± 0.59 to 0.55 ± 0.9 P < 0.001 .
Conclusions.
Although trabeculectomy with Healaflow appears to be a safe procedure, we failed to identify any significant advantages in the use of Healaflow when compared with trabeculectomy alone, at the end of the 6-month follow-up period.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Papaconstantinou, Dimitris& Diagourtas, Andreas& Petrou, Petros& Rouvas, Alexandros& Vergados, Athanasios& Koutsandrea, Chryssanthi…[et al.]. 2015. Trabeculectomy with Healaflow versus Trabeculectomy for the Treatment of Glaucoma: A Case-Control Study. Journal of Ophthalmology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1069859
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Papaconstantinou, Dimitris…[et al.]. Trabeculectomy with Healaflow versus Trabeculectomy for the Treatment of Glaucoma: A Case-Control Study. Journal of Ophthalmology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1069859
American Medical Association (AMA)
Papaconstantinou, Dimitris& Diagourtas, Andreas& Petrou, Petros& Rouvas, Alexandros& Vergados, Athanasios& Koutsandrea, Chryssanthi…[et al.]. Trabeculectomy with Healaflow versus Trabeculectomy for the Treatment of Glaucoma: A Case-Control Study. Journal of Ophthalmology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1069859
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1069859