18.03.2018 |
Steven J. Gedde, MD, William J. Feuer, MS, Wei Shi, MS, Kin Sheng Lim, MD, Keith Barton, MD, Saurabh Goyal, MD, Iqbal I.K. Ahmed, MD, James Brandt, MD for the Primary Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study Group
Trabeculectomy with MMC had a higher surgical success rate than tube shunt implantation after 1 year in the PTVT Study. Lower IOP with use of fewer glaucoma medications was achieved after trabeculectomy with MMC compared with tube shunt surgery during the first year of follow-up. The frequency of serious complications producing vision loss or requiring reoperation was lower after tube shunt surgery relative to trabeculectomy with MMC.
American Academy fo Ophthalmology, Volume 125, Issue 5p650-663, May 2018