COMPARISON OF NON PENETRATING FILTRATION SURGERY FOR OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA WITH NON ABSORBABLE IM-PLANT (T FLUX) VERSUS TRABECULEC-TOMY: A MULTICENTRIC STUDY

摘要

Purpose: To compare the efficacy and safety of deep sclerectomy with no absorbable implant (T flux) vs trabeculectomy in POAG eyes. Methods: 23 eyes of 19 patients with medically uncontrolled open angle glaucoma underwent to deep sclerectomy with non absorbable implant (T flux). The postoperative IOP values and the frequency of complications were matched with those of a group of 34 eyes of 34 POAG patients operated with trabeculectomy. The examinations were performed before surgery and post-