We tried to identify the prognostic factors associated with good long-term IOP control after trabeculectomy and to determine the optimum IOP level at the early stage after surgery to achieve long ...

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This retrospective study was designed to describe the population at risk of having a severe bleb leak following a trabeculectomy, even years after initial surgery. We defined a severe bleb leak as ...

If the drops start to fail then patients can move on to a trabeculectomy, which involves surgery to make a small hole in the eye wall, or have a stent inserted. In a small number of patients ...