ArticleTranslational vision science & technology2019
Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Evaluation of Conjunctival Vessels During Filtering Surgery.
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- Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography and Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography After Bleb Forming Glaucoma Surgeries: A Systematic Review.Clinical & experimental ophthalmology · 2025Pooled it
- Optimizing the Ocular Surface Before, During, and After Glaucoma Surgery: A Narrative Review.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2026Review
- Preoperative Surgical Site Vessel Density Is Predictive for Secondary Intervention after Preserflo Microshunt Implantation.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Article
- Structural anterior segment OCT biomarkers do not predict secondary intervention after Preserflo MicroShunt implantation.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Discriminatory power of trabeculectomy bleb internal reflectivity and morphology in surgical success using anterior segment optical coherence tomography.BMC ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Swept-Source Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging and Quantification of Bleb Parameters in Glaucoma Filtration Surgery.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Current clinical applications of anterior segment optical coherence tomography angiography: a review.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2023Review
- Multi-Quantitative Assessment of AS-OCTA Complemented AS-OCT for Monitoring Filtering Bleb Function After Trabeculectomy.Translational vision science & technology · 2023Article
- Characteristic Assessment of Angiographies at Different Depths with AS-OCTA: Implication for Functions of Post-Trabeculectomy Filtering Bleb.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Laser Doppler holography of the anterior segment for blood flow imaging, eye tracking, and transparency assessment.Biomedical optics express · 2021Article
- Confocal Microscopy and Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging of the Ocular Surface and Bleb Morphology in Medically and Surgically Treated Glaucoma Patients: A Review.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Advances and Current Clinical Applications of Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Review
- Predictive Value of Bleb Vascularity after Mitomycin C Augmented Trabeculectomy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Visualization of Scleral Flap Patency in Glaucoma Filtering Blebs Using OCT.Ophthalmology scienceArticle
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the changes in conjunctival vascularization with optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) before and after filtering surgery and to correlate these results with filtering surgery success.
methodsWe evaluated 20 blebs of 20 patients after a first-time trabeculectomy. Conjunctival vascularization was quantified using ImageJ software. Eyes were classified into two groups according to the preoperative conjunctival vessel density: hypovascularized conjunctiva (HypoV; 10 eyes) and hypervascularized conjunctiva (HyperV; 10 eyes). The density of intraepithelial microcysts (0 to 3) was also analyzed.
resultsThere were significantly more needling procedures in the HyperV group, with 70% of the eyes undergoing needling during follow-up compared to 20% in the HypoV group (
conclusionsPoor conjunctival vascularization was associated with lower IOP and a higher number of intraepithelial microcysts evaluated with OCT-A. OCT-A provides a simple, noninvasive, and reproducible method to analyze and quantify bleb vessels before and after filtering surgery. TRANSLATIONAL RELEVANCE: Several studies have demonstrated that highly vascularized blebs might be associated with a higher risk of failure. OCT-A may provide a dye-free, noncontact method for monitoring conjunctival vascularization after filtering surgery.
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