Block suture for trabeculectomy using only 2 anchors

Arch Ophthalmol. 2008 Dec;126(12):1756-8. doi: 10.1001/archopht.126.12.1756.

Abstract

We examined both a parallel and a cross technique in comparison with operations not using block suture. Of the 44 eyes that underwent surgery without block suture, aqueous leakage occurred in 4 eyes (9.0%). Of 51 eyes that underwent the parallel technique, 1 eye (2.0%) leaked from the limbus incision. In contrast, leaks were not detected in any of the 58 eyes that underwent the cross technique.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Alkylating Agents / therapeutic use
  • Conjunctiva / surgery
  • Glaucoma / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Intraocular Pressure
  • Intraoperative Complications
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitomycin / therapeutic use
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Sclera / surgery
  • Surgical Flaps
  • Suture Techniques*
  • Trabeculectomy / methods*

Substances

  • Alkylating Agents
  • Mitomycin