Profound long-term hypotony without maculopathy after trabeculectomy with antimetabolite.
A 71-year-old white woman with primary open angle glaucoma received trabeculectomy with antimetabolite. After laser suture lysis, intraocular pressure has remained at 1-2 mmHg for 23 months and 12 months in the right and left eye, respectively. However, visual acuity has remained at the preoperative levels of 6/6 and 6/7.5 in the right and left eye, respectively, without hypotony maculopathy in either eye.
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison.
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008266:Macula Lutea; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015814:Ocular Hypotension / Q000209:etiology*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D014130:Trabeculectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*
D016685:Mitomycin; D005472:Fluorouracil