Postoperative Complications in the Tube Versus Trabeculectomy (TVT) Study During Five Years of Follow-up

Jan 12, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Postoperative Complications in the Tube Versus Trabeculectomy (TVT) Study During Five Years of Follow-up

Purpose To describe postoperative complications encountered in the Tube Versus Trabeculectomy (TVT) Study during 5 years of follow-up. Design Multicenter randomized clinical trial. Methods settings: Seventeen clinical centers. study population:…

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Glaucoma Filtration Surgery: Trabeculectomy or Tube Shunt?

Jan 12, 2017 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Glaucoma Filtration Surgery: Trabeculectomy or Tube Shunt?

When confronted with the glaucoma patient requiring surgical intervention for filtration, the decision between selecting guarded filtration surgery (trabeculectomy) or an aqueous shunting device (tube shunt) is controversial. Trabeculectomy is…

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