Conjunctival fibrosis following filtering glaucoma surgery

G Schlunck, T Meyer-ter-Vehn, T Klink… - Experimental eye …, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite advances in surgical technique and postoperative care, fibrosis remains the major
impediment to a marked reduction of intraocular pressure without the need of additional …

Modulation of fibroblasts in conjunctival wound healing

M Zada, U Pattamatta, A White - Ophthalmology, 2018 - Elsevier
Modulating conjunctival wound healing has the potential to improve outcomes after
glaucoma filtration surgery and for several ocular disorders, including ocular cicatrial …

Canaloplasty: circumferential viscodilation and tensioning of Schlemm canal using a flexible microcatheter for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma in adults: two …

RA Lewis, K von Wolff, M Tetz, N Koerber… - Journal of Cataract & …, 2009 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To evaluate 2-year postsurgical safety and efficacy of canaloplasty
(circumferential viscodilation and tensioning of the inner wall of Schlemm canal) to treat …

Practice preferences for glaucoma surgery: a survey of the American Glaucoma Society in 2008

MA Desai, SJ Gedde, WJ Feuer, W Shi… - … Surgery, Lasers & …, 2011 - search.proquest.com
Results: A total of 125 (22%) AGS members responded to the survey. Mean glaucoma
drainage device (GDD) usage increased from 17.5%(range: 5% to 37%; standard deviation …

Nonpenetrating glaucoma surgery

E Mendrinos, A Mermoud, T Shaarawy - Survey of ophthalmology, 2008 - Elsevier
Nonpenetrating glaucoma surgeries have been developed in recent years in order to
improve the safety of conventional filtering procedures. The goal of nonpenetrating filtering …

Novel therapies for the prevention of fibrosis in glaucoma filtration surgery

CG Shao, NR Sinha, RR Mohan, AD Webel - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Conjunctival fibrosis remains the major impediment to the success of glaucoma filtration
surgery. Anti-metabolites remain the gold standard for mitigating post-surgical fibrosis, but …

Potential role of Rho-associated protein kinase inhibitor Y-27632 in glaucoma filtration surgery

M Honjo, H Tanihara, T Kameda… - … & visual science, 2007 - iovs.arvojournals.org
purpose. To investigate the role of Y-27632, a specific inhibitor of Rho-associated protein
kinase (ROCK) in regulating human Tenon fibroblast (HTF) activities including proliferation …

Mitomycin C in corneal refractive surgery

MA Teus, L de Benito-Llopis, JL Alió - Survey of ophthalmology, 2009 - Elsevier
Mitomycin C has played a deciding role in the current revival of excimer laser surface
ablation techniques. We review the literature regarding mechanism of action of mitomycin C …

Biodegradable collagen matrix implant vs mitomycin-C as an adjuvant in trabeculectomy: a 24-month, randomized clinical trial

S Cillino, F Di Pace, G Cillino, A Casuccio - Eye, 2011 - nature.com
Aim To verify the safety and efficacy of Ologen (OLO) implant as adjuvant compared with low-
dosage mitomycin-C (MMC) in trabeculectomy. Methods This was a prospective randomized …

Bleb morphology and vascularity after trabeculectomy with intravitreal ranibizumab: a pilot study

MY Kahook - American journal of ophthalmology, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To investigate outcomes after trabeculectomy using intraoperative intravitreal
ranibizumab and topical mitomycin C (MMC) vs MMC alone. DESIGN: Prospective …