title: Optical coherence tomographic findings of the anterior segment after nonpenetrating deep sclerectomy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya City University Medical School, 1-Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Japan. mnozaki@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Miho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nozaki
authors.forename: Hideya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Mayu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ogura
mesh_terms: 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