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ArticleArquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia2021

Short-term endothelial cell density changes after gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy.

Bruno Mendes de Faria, Gustavo Henrique de Lima Melillo, Fabio Daga, Fabio Nishimura Kanadani, Tiago Santos Prata

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Article in Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Evaluating anterior segment stability and corneal endothelium after prolene gonioscopy assisted transluminal trabeculotomy (GATT) in open-angle glaucoma.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025
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  2. The Efficacy and Safety of the GATT Procedure in Open-Angle Glaucoma-6-Month Results.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  3. Ab-interno Trabeculotomy Procedures: A Review.Journal of current ophthalmology
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Bruno Mendes de FariaHospital Universitário Onofre Lopes, Natal, RN, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0189-300X
Gustavo Henrique de Lima MelilloDepartment of Glaucoma, Instituto de Olhos Ciências Médicas, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-3280-4738
Fabio DagaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-1448-3333
Fabio Nishimura KanadaniDepartment of Glaucoma, Instituto de Olhos Ciências Médicas, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Tiago Santos PrataHospital Universitário Onofre Lopes, Natal, RN, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-1830-3766
Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes · BRMayo Clinic in Florida · USUniversidade Federal de São Paulo · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate the reduction in corneal endothelial cell density associated with gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy (GATT) in a short-term follow-up period.

methodsA retrospective analysis of the medical charts of patients with open-angle glaucoma who underwent gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy isolated or combined with phacoemulsification (phaco-gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy) was conducted. Patients who underwent phacoemulsification alone were included as controls. The endothelial cell density data (assessed using a specular microscope) before and at the first month after operation were collected and then compared.

resultsSixty-two eyes previously treated with gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy (gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy, n=39 eyes; phaco-gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy, n=23 eyes) fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The mean age of the study patients was 61.3 ± 18.4 years in the stand-alone gonioscopyassisted transluminal trabeculotomy group and 60.4 ± 11.9 in phaco-gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy group. Men comprised 66.6% of the patients in the isolated gonioscopyassisted transluminal trabeculotomy group and 56.5% of those in the phaco-gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy group. The mean visual field defects (mean deviation index) were -13.9 ± 9.2 and -10.3 ± 7.7 dB in the isolated gonioscopy-assisted and phaco-gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy groups, respectively. The patients in the former group presented a mean endothelial cell density reduction of 28.8 cells/mm² (1.31%; p=0.467). In the latter group, the mean endothelial cell density loss was 89.4 cells/mm² (4.36%; p=0.028). The control eyes (23 patients) presented a mean endothelial cell density change of 114.1 ± 159.8 cells/mm² (4.41%; p=0.505). The endothelial cell density reduction in the phaco-gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy group was not significantly different from that in the controls (p=0.81).

conclusionsGonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy appears to be a safe procedure for the corneal endothelial cell layer when performed either isolated or combined with cataract extraction in a short-term follow-up period.

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Glaucoma, Open-AngleTrabeculectomyAdultAgedEndothelial CellsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGonioscopyHumansIntraocular PressureMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesTreatment Outcome

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