title: Limbus-based versus Fornix-based conjunctival flap in filtering surgery. A randomized prospective study.
abstract: A randomized prospective study was performed to compare the results of filtering surgery using a Limbus-based versus a Fornix-based conjunctival flap. The wound closure of the Fornix-based flap was performed using a running 10/0 nylon suture at the limbus. No statistical significant difference of IOP regulation was found between the two groups. There was a tendency of reduced occurrence of shallow anterior chamber and of less vascularized filtering blebs in the Fornix-based technique.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik Freiburg, FRG.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grehn
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mauthe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
mesh_terms: D003228:Conjunctiva; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation; D013524:Surgical Flaps