title: [Long term efficiency of a deep sclerectomy with T-flux implant].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate a long term efficiency of a deep sclerectomy with T-Flux implant on intraocular pressure
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective noncomparative analysis of glaucomatic patients from our ambulance who underwent deep sclerectomy combined with T-flux implantation. The main postoperative outcome measures were intraocular pressure (IOP), number of treatments and Nd:YAG goniopunctures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean preoperative IOP was 26.7 (+/- 0.8) mmHg, mean postoperative IOP was 17.4 (+/- 0.8) at month 6, 16.5 (+/- 0.7) at month 12, 16.9 (+/- 0.9) at month 24, 17.2 (+/- 1.0) at month 36, 18.6 (+/- 1,1) at month 48, 17.6 (+/- 1.1) at month 60 and 18.3 (+/- 1.8) at month 72. Mean preoperative number of medications per patient was reduced from 2.5 (+/- 0.13) to 0.73 (+/- 0.13) at month 6, 1.02 (+/- 0,13) at month 12, 1.1 (+/- 0.15) at month 24, 1.0 (+/- 0.18) at month 36, 1.22 (+/- 0.18) at month 48, 1.68 (+/- 0,2) at month 60, 1.8 (+/- 0.3) at month 72. Four patients (10%) underwent early goniopuncture and six patients (15%) late goniopuncture.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Deep sclerectomy combined with T-Flux implant appears to be a relatively safe antiglaucomatic surgery with a minimum number of complications, high predictability of the result and a very good long term effectivity.
authors.affiliation: Ocní oddelení Karlovarské krajské nemocine. studenypavel@seznam.cz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Studený
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Koliásová
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Siveková
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vránová
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kuchynka
mesh_terms: D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012599:Sclerostomy