Profound long-term hypotony without maculopathy after trabeculectomy with antimetabolite

Acta Ophthalmol (Copenh). 1994 Jun;72(3):388-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1994.tb02780.x.

Abstract

A 71-year-old white woman with primary open angle glaucoma received trabeculectomy with antimetabolite. After laser suture lysis, intraocular pressure has remained at 1-2 mmHg for 23 months and 12 months in the right and left eye, respectively. However, visual acuity has remained at the preoperative levels of 6/6 and 6/7.5 in the right and left eye, respectively, without hypotony maculopathy in either eye.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage*
  • Fundus Oculi
  • Glaucoma, Open-Angle / surgery
  • Humans
  • Intraocular Pressure
  • Macula Lutea*
  • Mitomycin / administration & dosage*
  • Ocular Hypotension / etiology*
  • Retinal Diseases / pathology*
  • Trabeculectomy / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Mitomycin
  • Fluorouracil