Background: To evaluate the relationship between bleb vascularity and surgical outcome one year after mitomycin C (MMC) augmented trabeculectomy.
Methods: This was a prospective study of 51 eyes of 44 patients after MMC-augmented primary trabeculectomy with follow-up of 12 months. The total vessel area of a bleb was measured with ImageJ software on color photographs of the bleb on day 1 and 14, then months 1, 3, 6 and 12 after trabeculectomy. Blebs were classified clinically as successful (intraocular pressure (IOP) ≤ 18 mmHg and a >30% reduction in IOP without antiglaucoma medications or additional surgical interventions) or failed. Linear regression analysis was performed to determine the correlation of bleb vascularity with IOP and outcome.
Results: At 1 year, 40 eyes (78.4%) were classified as successful and 11 eyes (21.6%) as failed. The mean bleb vascularity at 1, 3 and 12 months after surgery was significantly higher in failed blebs (16.31% vs. 13.01%, = 0.005, 14.93% vs. 10.15%, = 0.001, 8.99% vs. 6.37%, = 0.011, respectively). There were no significant differences in mean bleb vascularity at 1 and 14 days postoperatively in successful and failed blebs. The results revealed a significant association between vessel area at 1 and 3 months after trabeculectomy with IOP at 6 months postoperatively ( = 0.005 and = 0.009, respectively).
Conclusions: In this prospective study, we demonstrated a strong relationship between bleb vascularity and the surgical outcomes of trabeculectomy. Vascularity of the filtering bleb during early postoperative period was not correlated with IOP or success of trabeculectomy at one year. Increased bleb vascularity 1, 3 and 12 months after trabeculectomy appears to predict surgical failure at 1 year after trabeculectomy.
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