Purpose/aim: To determine whether amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) at trabeculectomy affects intrableb structures and which intrableb parameters are significantly correlated with the long-term intraocular pressure (IOP) control.
Materials And Methods: Enrolled were 64 eyes of 56 glaucoma patients who underwent trabeculectomy without (36 eyes) or with (28 eyes) AMT. Bleb structure was evaluated by ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) at least one year after surgery. IOP control was defined as good when the eyes had a more than 30% decrease in the preoperative IOP and an IOP value <18 mmHg if the preoperative IOP was higher than 21 mmHg. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify factors significantly associated with IOP control.
Results: Intervals between surgery and the timing of the UBM examinations (median; 2.5 years) and the overall frequency of good IOP control (28/36 in the eyes without AMT and 17/28 in those with AMT; chi-square test, P = 0.2276) were similar in the two groups. The eyes with AMT had a significantly lower number of type H (high reflective) or L (low reflective) blebs and a higher number of type E (encapsulated) blebs compared to those without AMT (P < 0.0001). Among independent variables, which included age, sex, glaucoma type, lens status, the number of ocular hypotensives, and previous intraocular surgeries, only type F (flattened) bleb in eyes without AMT (P = 0.0008, odds ratio [OR] = 0.0256) and no or limited intrableb fluid-filled space in eyes with AMT were significantly associated with poor IOP control (P = 0.0026, OR = 0.0111, and 0.0071, 0.0167, respectively).
Conclusions: Intrableb structures after trabeculectomy alone versus AMT-assisted trabeculectomy were distinct. The bleb wall reflectivity in the former and the extent of the subconjunctival fluid-filled space in the latter were factors associated with long-term IOP control.
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