title: Is a tight patch necessary after trabeculectomy?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine if post-trabeculectomy patching reduces the prevalence of shallow/flat anterior chambers and pain.
  
  
  METHODS
  435 eyes were prospectively randomised to either a double patch with tape or no patch with tape group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no statistically significant difference in flat or shallow anterior chamber rates or pain symptoms between the patch and no patch groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is no benefit to patching the post-trabeculectomy eye.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Trope
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Buys
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flanagan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000867:Anterior Chamber; D001458:Bandages; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000517:prevention & control; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014130:Trabeculectomy / Q000379:methods*