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Purpose: The purpose of the study was to assess the value of perioperative intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement in trabeculectomy as a predictor of drainage and related complications in the early postoperative period.
Methods: A prospective study was undertaken of 42 eyes (39 patients) followed up after trabeculectomy for the first post-operative month.
Results: Analysis of the change in IOP in the first postoperative month showed that at 1 month the pressure in all cases tended to similar values irrespective of the mean perioperative IOP. Early shallowing of the anterior chamber was, however, associated with a significantly lower perioperative IOP, although there was no significant difference in IOP at 1 month in these cases.
Conclusions: The perioperative IOP appears to be effective in predicting anterior chamber shallowing in the first post-operative month with good sensitivity and specificity, but has little value as a predictor of the IOP at 1 month.
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Suharwardy, J., Baranyovits, P. The value of perioperative intraocular pressure measurement in trabeculectomy as a predictor of the early post-operative course. Eye 11, 109–112 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1997.21
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