[Surgical controversy. Limiting postoperative scarring].
Postoperative follow-up of glaucoma surgery must be rigorous and carried out over the long term. Data acquired on the make-up of the filtering bleb justifies using postoperative anti-inflammatory drugs, even if the eye is clinically quiet. When using antimetabolites, the risk factors for failure must be well known and either 5-fluorouracile or mitomycin should be chosen depending on the level of risk of scarring. Their use in needle revision must be adapted case by case. anti-TGF-beta-2 antibody, currently being investigated, may prove advantageous in the very near future.
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D002921:Cicatrix / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*