Scheimpflug Corneal Densitometry Changes After Trabeculectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To study the possible changes in Scheimpflug corneal densitometry 6 months after mitomycin C-augmented trabeculectomy and to compare these measurements with healthy controls.

Methods

Corneal densitometry was monitored with the Pentacam HR3 before and 6 months after first-time uncomplicated mitomycin C-augmented trabeculectomy in 42 eyes of 42 white patients with open-angle glaucoma and in 22 healthy age-matched controls. Preoperative intraocular pressure (IOP), central corneal thickness, known duration of the disease, gender, the type and number of substances, applications and amount of benzalkonium chloride per day, and postoperative topical cortisone use were tested for possible correlations in the trabeculectomy group.

Results

There was a statistically sign

SUBMITTER: Pillunat KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7938915 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature