Macular thickness after intraocular pressure reduction following trabeculectomy
2017
Purpose
The aim of the study was to assess changes of macular thickness after trabeculectomy and compare them in respect to the usage of preoperative prostaglandins and status of diabetes mellitus.
Methods
The prospective observational study included 93 glaucomatous eyes (90 patients) that underwent trabeculectomy. 81 (87.1%) patients were on prostaglandins treatment preoperatively. 5 (5.38%) patients had type 2 diabetes. The foveal and sectoral macular thicknesses were measured preoperatively, 1 week, 6 months and 12 months after the surgery using spectral domain optical coherence tomography. Retinal thickness was compared across the follow-up visits and in respect to the preoperative use of prostaglandins and diabetes.
Results
There was a reduction in mean ± SD intraocular pressure of 18.5 ± 8.6mmHg 1 week, 15.4 ± 7.9 mmHg 6 months and 14.4 ± 8.3 mmHg 12 months after trabeculectomy (p 0.05). The retinal changes did not differ between diabetic and nondiabetic patients (p > 0.05).
Conclusions
Trabeculectomy induced mild macular thickening, more pronounced in the early postoperative period. Neither diabetes nor the use of prostaglandins before surgery had impact on these changes regardless their potency to increase vascular permeability.
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