Study aims for comparison of trabeculectomy and canaloplasty, in order to find out if one operation is superior to the other. Both procedures are performed in patients with medically uncontrolled open-angle glaucoma. Canaloplasty is a recently newly introduced procedure, which showed encouraging results without antimetabolite usage intra- and postoperatively. Purpose of the study is to compare both surgeries concerning success rate, intraocular pressure, medication and complications. So far there is no comparison of the standard procedure trabeculectomy and the new approach, canaloplasty available.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
64
trabeculectomy with mitomycin C 0.2mg/ml
Canaloplasty with implant of suture
University Eye Hospital
Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
success rate (complete and qualified success)
Success is defined 1. IOP \< 21 mmHg and at least 20% IOP reduction from baseline 2. IOP \< 18 mmHg
Time frame: 1 year
success rate (complete and qualified success)
Success is defined 1. IOP \< 21 mmHg and at least 20% IOP reduction from baseline 2. IOP \< 18 mmHg
Time frame: 2 years
IOP, medication, complications
intraocular pressure reduction, medication postoperatively, complications intra- and postoperatively
Time frame: 1 year
IOP, medication, complications
intraocular pressure reduction, medication postoperatively, complications intra- and postoperatively
Time frame: 2 years
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