title: Block suture for trabeculectomy using only 2 anchors.
abstract: We examined both a parallel and a cross technique in comparison with operations not using block suture. Of the 44 eyes that underwent surgery without block suture, aqueous leakage occurred in 4 eyes (9.0%). Of 51 eyes that underwent the parallel technique, 1 eye (2.0%) leaked from the limbus incision. In contrast, leaks were not detected in any of the 58 eyes that underwent the cross technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shinmei
authors.forename: Maiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
authors.forename: Akari
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Shigeaki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohno
mesh_terms: D000477:Alkylating Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000601:surgery; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014130:Trabeculectomy / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000477:Alkylating Agents; D016685:Mitomycin