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Surgical outcomes after primary Baerveldt glaucoma implant surgery with vitrectomy for neovascular glaucoma

Authors :
Hidetoshi Yamashita
Akira Sugano
Katsuhiro Nishi
Takayuki Matsushita
Koichi Nishitsuka
Source :
PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 4, p e0249898 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Public Library of Science, 2021.

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the 3-year long-term outcomes of primary Baerveldt glaucoma implant (BGI) surgery for neovascular glaucoma (NVG). We retrospectively evaluated 27 consecutive patients with NVG between November 2013 and November 2017. All the patients were treated with panretinal photocoagulation and pars plana vitrectomy before BGI surgery without anti-vascular endothelial growth factor treatment. The surgical success of the BGI was defined as an IOP of

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
19326203
Volume :
16
Issue :
4
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
PLoS ONE
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....cdb21a6fa7994cb2fa4a0ec2798531d1