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Incidence of Complete Posterior Vitreous Detachment After Trabeculectomy.

Not Applicable
Conditions
Posterior Vitreous Detachment
Interventions
Device: Wide-field optical coherence tomography
Registration Number
NCT04726267
Lead Sponsor
Khon Kaen University
Brief Summary

Intraocular surgery could induce vitreous degeneration and posterior vitreous detachment (PVD). Vitreomacular interface (VMI) abnormalities usually are caused by abnormal PVD, vitreoschisis and partial-thickness PVD. Furthermore, the PVD could induce the peripheral break. The incidence of peripheral break and epimacular membrane (EMM) after pneumatic retinopexy were 11.7% and 4-11%, respectively. Although multiple intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) injections induced PVD of 5.6%, but peripheral break was reported as only 0.67%.

The most common intraocular surgery is cataract surgery. From the literature review, many methods were used to detect the PVD after phacoemulsification. The former studies used indirect ophthalmoscopy and ocular ultrasound for diagnosis of PVD. The later studies used the optical coherence tomography (OCT) for PVD detection. The OCT device had higher effectiveness in evaluation of the posterior segment, then it can detect post-phacoemulsification PVD more and early than previous studies. Ivastinovic et al demonstrated 59.2% of patients had PVD at 1 month after phacoemulsification, and increased up to 71.4% at 3 months. The incidence of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) after phacoemulsification is gradually increased with time. The accumulative risk of RRD was increased from 0.27% at 1 year to 1.27% at 20 years after phacoemulsification.

Detailed Description

Trabeculectomy is one of the intraocular surgery. Although the volume of intraocular fluid use during the trabeculectomy was much less than used during phacoemulsification, trabeculectomy also could induce the PVD and it's sequelae such as VMI abnormalities. Because the baseline visual acuity of glaucoma patients who were indicated for trabeculectomy usually quite poor, so the sequelae of PVD can cause more visual loss. The incidence of PVD after trabeculectomy has never been published before and nowadays no standard guideline for retinal examination or screening after surgery. Furthermore, Tsukahara et al introduced wide-field OCT-based PVD classification. The new OCT device with higher technology will be useful in PVD detection.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
46
Inclusion Criteria
  • Primary open angle glaucoma or primary angle closure glaucoma
  • Age 18-65 years
  • Could be taken the wide-field OCT images
  • Written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
  • History of intraocular inflammation or infection
  • History of ocular trauma or head trauma
  • History of intraocular surgery such as intravitreal drug injection and cataract surgery
  • History of vitreoretinal diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, retinal vascular occlusion and age-related macular degeneration
  • History of laser treatment including laser capsulotomy and retinal photocoagulation
  • High myopia; spherical equivalence >4 diopters
  • Complete PVD was detected before the enrollment

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Glaucoma patients who was scheduled for trabeculectomyWide-field optical coherence tomographyWide-field OCT was performed 1-2 weeks before the trabeculectomy. The OCT was done postoperatively at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after surgery.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Incidence of PVD12 months

complete PVD

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The incidence of VMI abnormalities12 months

Vitreomacular traction, Epimacular membrane, Peripheral retinal break

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Khon Kaen University

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Khon Kaen, Thailand

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