Neovascular glaucoma treatment with extraction of anterior chamber fibrovascular tissue.

JAMA Ophthalmol

Department of Vitreoretinal Surgery, Barraquer Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Published: August 2013

The use of antibody to vascular endothelial growth factor to treat neovascular glaucoma yields good anatomic results in most cases. However, this type of glaucoma can cause angle closure with decompensation of intraocular pressure secondary to fibrovascular tissue contraction in the anterior chamber. Our surgical technique treats the cause by removing the anterior chamber fibrous complex after administration of antibody to vascular endothelial growth factor, thus restoring the chamber angle.

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