ArticleJournal of ophthalmology2015
Trabeculectomy with Healaflow versus Trabeculectomy for the Treatment of Glaucoma: A Case-Control Study.
Article in Journal of ophthalmology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Effect of Subconjunctival Healaflow in Filtrating Surgery with Preserflo MicroShunt in Primary Open Angle Glaucoma.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- Efficacy and Safety of Ab Externo Open Conjunctiva XENJournal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- Cross-linked hyaluronic acid viscoelastic scleral implant in trabeculectomy.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2021Article
- Five Years' Outcomes of Trabeculectomy with Cross-linked Sodium Hyaluronate Gel Implantation for Chinese Glaucoma Patients.Chinese medical journal · 2018Article
- Use of 5-Fluorouracil-Soaked Bioamniotic Membranes in Trabeculectomy for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Retrospective Analysis.Journal of ophthalmology · 2017Article
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Abstract
Purpose. To compare the outcomes of trabeculectomy with and without Healaflow (Anteis S.A, Geneva, Switzerland), a high molecular weight viscoelastic gel, in patients requiring glaucoma surgery. Methods. This was a retrospective, comparative, interventional case-control study. Forty patients formed two matched study groups and were analyzed (trabeculectomy alone (control) versus trabeculectomy with Healaflow (study)). Results. The postoperative levels of mean IOP were statistically significantly lower (P < 0.05) than preoperatively in both groups, for all time intervals. There was no statistical difference, at the end of the follow-up period, between the two groups in the mean values of the IOP (14.9 ± 3.2 mmHg for the study group versus 14.8 ± 3.3 mmHg for the control group). The number of antiglaucoma drugs used in the study group was reduced from a preoperative mean of 3.4 ± 0.75 to a 6-month postoperative mean of 0.6 ± 0.8 (P < 0.001) and in the control group from 3.6 ± 0.59 to 0.55 ± 0.9 (P < 0.001). Conclusions. Although trabeculectomy with Healaflow appears to be a safe procedure, we failed to identify any significant advantages in the use of Healaflow when compared with trabeculectomy alone, at the end of the 6-month follow-up period.
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