Clinical and Optical Coherence Tomography Evidence of Aqueous Humor Flow from the Suprachoroidal Space to Conjunctival Lymphatics.

ABSTRACT: A surgical technique was developed to enhance aqueous humor (AH) flow through the non-trabecular outflow pathway by rerouting it from the anterior chamber (AC) to the suprachoroidal space (SCS) without detaching the ciliary body from the scleral spur. Medium- and long-term surgical outcomes were retrospectively analyzed in a case series of 58 glaucoma patients. At 6, 12, and 24 months, the mean IOP decreased from 27.8 ± 8.3 to 14.9 ± 5.0 mmHg, median 15.0 (25th percentile (p²⁵)13.0; 75th percentile (p⁷⁵) 18.0) and 15.2 ± 3.3 mmHg, and hypotensive medication use reduced from a median (p²⁵; p⁷⁵) of 3 (2; 3) to 0 (0; 2), 0 (0; 2), and 0 (0; 1.5), respectively. Intra- and postoperative complications were few and manageable. Following surgery, no bleb

SUBMITTER: Kumar V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10536777 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature