Imaging of filtering blebs after implantation of the Ex-PRESS shunt with the use of the Visante optical coherence tomography

Aristeidis Konstantinidis; Georgios D Panos; Magdalini Triantafylla; Georgios Labiris; Efthimia Tsaragli; Zisis Gatzioufas; Vassilios Kozobolis

doi:10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2015.03.10

International Journal of Ophthalmology (Jun 2015)

Imaging of filtering blebs after implantation of the Ex-PRESS shunt with the use of the Visante optical coherence tomography

Aristeidis Konstantinidis,
Georgios D Panos,
Magdalini Triantafylla,
Georgios Labiris,
Efthimia Tsaragli,
Zisis Gatzioufas,
Vassilios Kozobolis

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Aristeidis Konstantinidis: Department of Ophthtalmology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis & Eye Institute of Thrace, Dragana 68100, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Georgios D Panos: Department of Ophthtalmology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis & Eye Institute of Thrace, Dragana 68100, Alexandroupolis, Greece ;Department of Ophthtalmology, Geneva University Hospitals, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, CH 1211, Geneva 14, Switzerland
Magdalini Triantafylla: Department of Ophthtalmology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis & Eye Institute of Thrace, Dragana 68100, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Georgios Labiris: Department of Ophthtalmology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis & Eye Institute of Thrace, Dragana 68100, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Efthimia Tsaragli: Department of Ophthtalmology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis & Eye Institute of Thrace, Dragana 68100, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Zisis Gatzioufas: Department of Ophthtalmology, Geneva University Hospitals, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, CH 1211, Geneva 14, Switzerland
Vassilios Kozobolis: Department of Ophthtalmology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis & Eye Institute of Thrace, Dragana 68100, Alexandroupolis, Greece

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2015.03.10
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 3
pp. 492 – 495

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AIM:To analyze the features of the filtering blebs following implantation of the Ex-PRESS glaucoma device (model P-50) with the aid of the Visante anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT)METHODS: Five patients with open angle glaucomas were included in the study. They all underwent implantation of the Ex-PRESS device under a scleral flap. The surgical procedure was augmented with the use of mitomycin C subconjunctivally. The filtering blebs were analyzed with the Visante AS-OCT with the scans taken along the axis of the implantation of the glaucoma device.RESULTS: All filtering blebs were graded as diffuse functioning. The morphological characteristics of the blebs were similar to those of the trabeculectomy. However the use of the Ex-PRESS implant tend to form a characteristic episcleral lake at the site of the plate of the implant.CONCLUSION: The use of the Ex-PRESS implant produces filtering blebs similar to those of the trabeculectomy with the formation of a characteristic episcleral lake at the site of the plate of the implant.

Published in International Journal of Ophthalmology

ISSN: 2222-3959 (Print); 2227-4898 (Online)
Publisher: Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS)
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Medicine: Ophthalmology
Website: http://www.ijo.cn/gjyken/ch/index.aspx

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