Deep sclerectomy versus trabeculectomy in management of primary open angle glaucoma

ABSTRACT

Aim of the work This work aims to evaluate the efficacy of deep sclerectomy in management of primary open angle glaucoma, with its possible complications through a comparative study with the traditional filtering surgery trabeculectomy. Patient and methods: Thirty eyes of 28 glaucoma patients, whom were diagnosed as primary open angle glaucoma, were randomly divided into two groups each of 15 eyes, group I Patients were subjected to trabeculectomy operation. Group II Patients were subjected to deep sclerectomy operation. The two groups were followed postoperatively for detection of any complications Results and discussion: The deep sclerectomy as non penetrating glaucoma surgery lowers the intraocular pressure as good as the standard trabeculectomy. Its complication rate is very low during the early postoperative weeks