[Anterior segment fluorescein angiography for evaluating the effect of vitrectomy for neovascular glaucoma].
OBJECTIVE
Using anterior segment fluorescein angiography(AFA), we evaluated the relationship between the effect of vitrectomy combined with endophotocoagulation for neovascular glaucoma and the postoperative angiographic changes.


METHODS
Seven eyes of 7 patients (six eyes of 6 patients had proliferative diabetic retinopathy and 1 eye of 1 patient had central retinal vein occlusion) with neovascular glaucoma underwent both vitrectomy combined with endophotocoagulation and AFA before and after surgery.


RESULTS
Of the 7 cases, the three eyes(42.9%), ther received one vitreous surgery alone had a reduction in intraocular pressure (IOP). The other 4 with uncontrollable IOP underwent trabeculectomy additionally, and three of them achieved good control of IOP. AFA showed less dye leakage in the iris after surgery in all cases. Three of 4 eyes with less dye leakage in the chamber angle showed good IOP control. Two of 3 eyes without the change in dye leakage were treated additionally by trabeculectomy.


CONCLUSIONS
AFA is a sensitive technique in the assessment of neovascularization in the anterior segment, so that it is useful in evaluating the effect of vitrectomy combined with endophotocoagulation for neovascular glaucoma.
Oya
Yoshimi
Y
Department of Ophthalmology, Saiseikai Niigata Daini Hospital, Japan.
Sugiyama
Wakako
W
Ando
Noburo
N
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000869:Anterior Eye Segment; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D015355:Glaucoma, Neovascular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008028:Light Coagulation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014821:Vitrectomy