Prospective cohort study of corneal endothelial cell loss after Baerveldt glaucoma implantation.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate corneal endothelial cell loss after Baerveldt glaucoma implantation.

Methods

We prospectively evaluated changes in endothelial cell density (ECD) in the cornea of 59 patients (59 eyes) who underwent Baerveldt glaucoma implantation. Tubes were inserted into the anterior chamber in 45 eyes and pars plana in 14 eyes. The primary outcome measure was the change in corneal ECD after Baerveldt glaucoma implantation. Secondary outcome measures included relationships between corneal ECD and optical coherence tomography images of tube parameters (tube-cornea distance and tube-cornea angle) and prognostic factors for corneal ECD loss.

Results

Corneal ECD decreased significantly by 9.2% at 12 months after surgery (P = 0.001). In the anterior chamber Baerveldt

SUBMITTER: Iwasaki K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6062117 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature