Optical coherence tomographic findings of the anterior segment after nonpenetrating deep sclerectomy.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the efficacy of optical coherence tomography for the analysis of anterior segment after glaucoma surgery.


METHODS
Interventional case report.


METHODS
In a 79-year-old man with primary open-angle glaucoma, optical coherence tomography was performed on the left eye after nonpenetrating deep sclerectomy.


RESULTS
Optical coherence tomography showed thinning of the conjunctiva over the filtering bleb, presence of a space under the scleral flap that is considered as a lake, and presence of fibrous tissue in the bleb.


CONCLUSIONS
This case indicates that optical coherence tomography, a noninvasive, noncontact optical imaging modality, may be useful for analysis of the anterior segment after glaucoma surgery.
Nozaki
Miho
M
Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya City University Medical School, 1-Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Japan. mnozaki@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp
Kimura
Hideya
H
Kojima
Mayu
M
Ogura
Yuichiro
Y
D000368:Aged; D000869:Anterior Eye Segment / Q000473:pathology*; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007368:Interferometry; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008027:Light; D008297:Male; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery*; D012599:Sclerostomy; D014054:Tomography