Trabeculoplasmy, a new surgical technique in the treatment of glaucoma: pilot report
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31288/oftalmolzh202217376Keywords:
glaucoma, intraocular pressure, surgery, trabeculoplasmyAbstract
The effectiveness of trabeculoplasmy in lowering intraocular pressure (IOP) in glaucoma patients was determined. A longitudinal study was carried out in 10 patients with open-angle glaucoma that underwent trabeculoplasmy. The postoperative results Of IOP, visual acuity (VA) and the occurrence of complications were evaluated at 24 hours, one week, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. 10 surgeries were performed (10 eyes, 10 patients). Preoperative average IOP was 32.5mmHg and preoperative VA was 0.5. At one year the average IOP was 10.10 mmHg and the average VA was 0.7, both values were significant (p<0.001, p=0.019 respectively). Trabeculoplasmy may be effective technique in the treatment of glaucoma, providing a decrease and maintenance of IOP within normal limits after one year of follow-up.
References
1.Yee Melgar M. Terapias alternativas para el tratamiento del Glaucoma. Visión 2020 Latinoamérica Boletín Trimestral. 2013(26(3). Disponible en: https://vision2020la.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/terapias-alternativas-para.
2.Daljit S. Fugo Blade effective tool for multiple surgical applications. Eurotimes 2008. Disponible en: http://www.escrs.org/Publications/Eurotimes/08June/FugoBladeeffective.pdf
3.Fry Luther L.The Pros and Cons of the Fugo Plasma Blade. Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today. 2007. Disponible en: https://crstoday.com/articles/2007-oct/crst1007_19-php/
4.Dow CT, de Venecia G. Transciliary filtration with the Fugo plasma blade. Ann Ophthalmol (Skokie) 2008:40(1):8-14.
5.Susanna R Jr, Vessani RM. Staging glaucoma patients: why and how? Open Ophthalmol J 2009;3:59-64. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874364100903020059
6.Singh D, Bundela RA, Agarwal A, Bist HK, Satsangi SK. Goniotomy ab interno "a glaucoma filtering surgery" using the Fugo Plasma Blade. Ann Ophthalmol (Skokie) 2006;38(3):213-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12009-006-0007-0
7.Jankowska-Szmul J, Dobrowolaki D, Wylegala E. CO2 laser-assisted sclerectomy surgery compared with trabeculectomy in primary open-angle glaucoma and exfoliative glaucoma. A 1-year follow-up. Acta Ophthalmol. 2018:96:e582-e591. https://doi.org/10.1111/aos.13718
8.Roy H, Singh D, Fugo RJ. Ocular applications of the Fugo Blade. 1ra edición. Philadelphia: Lippin Cott Williams and Wilkins; 2011.
9.Lavia C, Dallorto L, Maule M, Ceccarelli M, Fea AM (2017) Minimally-invasive glaucoma surgeries (MIGS) for open angle glaucoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE12(8): e0183142. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183142
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2025 Leopoldo Garduño Vieyra, Raúl Rúa Martínez, Verónica Muñoz Cornejo, Héctor Bello López Portillo
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) that allows users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author as long as they cite the source.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors hold copyright immediately after publication of their works and retain publishing rights without any restrictions.
- The copyright commencement date complies the publication date of the issue, where the article is included in.
DEPOSIT POLICY
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) during the editorial process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Post-print (post-refereeing manuscript version) and publisher's PDF-version self-archiving is allowed.
- Archiving the pre-print (pre-refereeing manuscript version) not allowed.
