Transconjunctival Needling Revision Versus Medical Treatment
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2011-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
When the glaucoma filtering surgery failures (intraocular pressure rises again), the options
is start to use the hypotensive eye drops again (medical treatment). However, in some cases
(encapsulated blebs), there is a simple surgical revision that can revival the primary
failure surgery. It calls transconjunctival needling revision. In this study, the
investigators compare the efficacy of this revision versus medical treatment in 12-month
follow up in eyes with encapsulated blebs.