Trabeculectomy with conjunctival graft: A new technique for trabeculectomy.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- glaucoma
- Registration Number
- PACTR201906888687731
- Lead Sponsor
- Mahmoud Rateb
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Other
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
patients with uncontrolled primary glaucoma in one eye with history of failed trabeculectomy in the other eye (done by the same surgeon) due to scarring.
Exclusion Criteria
- Medically unfit patients
- Patients with active inflammation
- patients with neovascular glaucoma, vitrecomized patients
- patients with corneal pathology hindering follow up of IOP
- Patients with severe dry eye or chronic conjunctival pathology( e.g.: xerosis, severe trachoma, etc.)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
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