Corneal Parameters after Tube-Shunt Implantation through the Ciliary Sulcus.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2021

Publication Title

Ophthalmology. Glaucoma

Abstract

PURPOSE: To monitor bilateral corneal parameters after unilateral Baerveldt 350 tube-shunt implantation (Advanced Medical Optics, Santa Ana, CA) through the ciliary sulcus.

DESIGN: Retrospective, interventional case series.

PARTICIPANTS: Patients from 1 private glaucoma practice with severe uncontrolled glaucoma treated with sulcus tube-shunt implantation in 1 pseudophakic eye.

METHODS: Specular microscopy data were collected before and after unilateral sulcus tube-shunt implantation from the surgical and the glaucomatous fellow eyes.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Central corneal endothelial cell density (CECD), coefficient of variation (CV), percent of hexagonal cells, central corneal thickness (CCT), intraocular pressure (IOP), IOP-lowering medications, visual acuity, and complications.

RESULTS: Forty-six patients (mean age, 69.9 years; standard deviation [SD], 4.6 years; range, 20-88 years; male gender, 41.3%) were identified. After surgery, IOP and the number of IOP-lowering medications decreased significantly by 42.3% (P < 0.0001) and 32.1% (P < 0.0001), respectively, in the surgical eye group. Preoperative CECD measured 1807 cells/mm

CONCLUSIONS: Tube-shunt implantation through the ciliary sulcus in pseudophakic eyes appears relatively safe to the corneal endothelium, demonstrating a small and nonsignificant decline in central CECD compared with baseline and with glaucomatous fellow eyes. No significant disruption to corneal endothelial cell morphologic features, increased corneal thickness, or corneal failures were found during the 24-month follow-up period. A prospective head-to-head comparison to assess the effects of the various methods of tube-shunt implantation on the corneal endothelium is needed.

Volume

4

Issue

1

First Page

32

Last Page

41

DOI

10.1016/j.ogla.2020.07.009

ISSN

2589-4196

PubMed ID

32739403

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