Efficacy, Safety, and Risk Factors for Failure of Standalone Ab Interno Gelatin Microstent Implantation versus Standalone Trabeculectomy

Schlenker, Matthew B; Gulamhusein, Husayn; Conrad-Hengerer, Ina; Somers, Alix; Lenzhofer, Markus; Stalmans, Ingeborg; Reitsamer, Herbert; Hengerer, Fritz H; Ahmed, Iqbal Ike K

doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2017.05.004

Efficacy, Safety, and Risk Factors for Failure of Standalone Ab Interno Gelatin Microstent Implantation versus Standalone Trabeculectomy

Author:

Schlenker, Matthew B

Gulamhusein, Husayn ; Conrad-Hengerer, Ina ; Somers, Alix ; Lenzhofer, Markus ; Stalmans, Ingeborg ; Reitsamer, Herbert ; Hengerer, Fritz H ; Ahmed, Iqbal Ike K

Keywords:

Aged, Alkylating Agents, Conjunctiva, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Gelatin, Glaucoma, Glaucoma Drainage Implants, Humans, Intraocular Pressure, Male, Middle Aged, Mitomycin, Prosthesis Failure, Prosthesis Implantation, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Safety Management, Tonometry, Ocular, Trabeculectomy, Treatment Outcome, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Ophthalmology, OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA, SURGICAL-TREATMENT, OUTCOMES, TRIAL, STENT, 1103 Clinical Sciences, 1113 Opthalmology and Optometry, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, Ophthalmology & Optometry, 3212 Ophthalmology and optometry

Abstract:

To compare the efficacy, safety, and risk factors for failure of standalone ab interno gelatin microstent implantation with mitomycin C (MMC) versus trabeculectomy with MMC.