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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Two Year Functional and Structural Changes-A Comparison between Trabeculectomy and XEN Microstent Implantation Using Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography.

Caroline Bormann, Catharina Busch, Matus Rehak, Manuela Schmidt, Christian Scharenberg, Focke Ziemssen, Jan Darius Unterlauft

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. PreserFlo MicroShunt versus trabeculectomy: an updated meta-analysis and systematic review.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Caroline BormannDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Leipzig, Liebigstrasse 10-14, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2176-706X
Catharina BuschDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Leipzig, Liebigstrasse 10-14, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Matus RehakDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Giessen, Friedrichstrasse 18, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
Manuela SchmidtDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Leipzig, Liebigstrasse 10-14, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3873-0581
Christian ScharenbergAugenärzte am Kurpark, Soltauer Straße 6a, 21335 Lüneburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0235-4366
Focke ZiemssenDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Leipzig, Liebigstrasse 10-14, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Jan Darius UnterlauftDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Leipzig, Liebigstrasse 10-14, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Leipzig University · DEJustus-Liebig-Universität Gießen · DEKlinikum Lüneburg · DEUniversity of Bern · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness after trabeculectomy (TE) versus XEN microstent implantation (XEN) in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) cases naïve to prior incisional glaucoma surgery. We examined 119 consecutive glaucoma patients retrospectively, who received a TE or XEN for medically uncontrolled POAG. Intraocular pressure (IOP), amount of IOP-lowering medication, mean deviation of standard automated perimetry and peripapillary RNFL thickness were evaluated during the first 24 months after surgery. Fifty eyes were treated with TE and 69 eyes with XEN. Mean IOP decreased from 25.1 ± 0.8 to 13.3 ± 0.6 mm Hg (p < 0.01) and mean number of IOP-lowering eye drops from 3.2 ± 0.2 to 0.4 ± 0.1 (p < 0.01) 24 months after TE. In 69 eyes undergoing XEN, mean IOP dropped from 24.8 ± 0.6 to 15.0 ± 0.4 mm Hg (p < 0.01) and medication from 3.0 ± 0.1 to 0.6 ± 0.1 (p < 0.01) during the 24 months follow-up. Mean deviation of standard automated perimetry remained stable in TE (8.5 ± 0.7 to 8.1 ± 0.8 dB; p = 0.54) and XEN group (11,0 ± 0.5 to 11.5 ± 0.5 dB; p = 0.12) after 24 months, while mean RNFL thickness further deteriorated in the TE (−2.28 ± 0.65 µm/year) and XEN (−0.68 ± 0.34 µm/year) group. Postoperative RNFL loss develops after TE and XEN despite effective and significant lowering of IOP and amount of IOP-lowering medication. RNFL loss was more pronounced in the first year after glaucoma surgery.

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glaucoma surgeryoptical coherence tomographyprimary open-angle glaucomaRNFL thickness

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PMID36233707
PMCPMC9572517
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