Kitsos George, Aspiotis Miltiades, Alamanos Yannis, Psilas Konstantinos
Department of Ophthalmology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Clin Ophthalmol. 2010 Jun 24;4:557-64. doi: 10.2147/opth.s10350.
To determine whether the removal of the inner wall of Schlemm's canal (external trabeculectomy) improves the effectiveness of a modified method of deep sclerectomy (DS), which we will call "reversed" deep sclerectomy (RDS).
We conducted a prospective study of two groups of patients. Group A included 22 eyes of 18 patients with open angle glaucoma (OAG) under maximum medical treatment, which underwent RDS - a modified method of performing DS - with the removal of the inner wall of Schlemm's canal (external trabeculectomy) and without using any implant. Group B included 20 eyes of 17 patients which had undergone RDS alone. Demographic and tonometric data of patients of Group A revealed no significant difference from data of patients in Group B. A mean follow up period for Group A was 22.8 months and for Group B was 23.4 months. The outcome of the operations was termed a total success when intraocular pressure (IOP) was <21 mmHg postoperatively, without additional treatment, relative success when IOP was <21 mmHg with additional treatment and a total failure when IOP >21 mmHg with medical treatment.
Total success was achieved in 18/22 eyes (81.8%) for Group A and in 8/20 eyes (40%) for Group B (P < 0.05). Relative success was achieved in 22/22 (100%) for Group A and in 17/20 eyes (85%) in Group B (P = NS). Total failure occurred in 0/22 eyes (0%) in Group A and in 3/20 (15%) eyes in Group B (P = NS). The mean postoperative IOP in Group A was 13.5 +/- 2.8 mmHg with a reduction of 12.4 +/- 4.6 mmHg (48.1%) and in Group B mean postoperative IOP was 18 +/- 4.3 mmHg with a reduction of 6.2 +/- 6.9 (25.6%) (P < 0.001). Mean drug reduction postoperatively was 3.2 +/- 0.9 drugs in Group A and 1.7 +/- 1.2 in Group B (P < 0.001).
In the follow up time during which the two groups were under study (12-36 months), the removal of the inner wall of Schlemm's canal while performing RDS proves an important factor in improving its effectiveness.
确定切除施莱姆管内壁(外路小梁切除术)是否能提高改良深层巩膜切除术(DS)(我们称之为“反向”深层巩膜切除术,即RDS)的有效性。
我们对两组患者进行了前瞻性研究。A组包括18例接受最大药物治疗的开角型青光眼(OAG)患者的22只眼,这些眼睛接受了RDS(一种改良的DS手术方法),即切除施莱姆管内壁(外路小梁切除术)且未使用任何植入物。B组包括17例患者的20只眼,这些眼睛仅接受了RDS。A组患者的人口统计学和眼压数据与B组患者的数据相比无显著差异。A组的平均随访期为22.8个月,B组为23.4个月。当术后眼压(IOP)<21 mmHg且无需额外治疗时,手术结果称为完全成功;当IOP<21 mmHg但需额外治疗时,称为相对成功;当经药物治疗后IOP>21 mmHg时,称为完全失败。
A组22只眼中有18只(81.8%)获得完全成功,B组20只眼中有8只(40%)获得完全成功(P<0.05)。A组22只眼全部(100%)获得相对成功,B组20只眼中有17只(85%)获得相对成功(P=无显著性差异)。A组22只眼中无(0%)发生完全失败,B组20只眼中有3只(15%)发生完全失败(P=无显著性差异)。A组术后平均眼压为13.5±2.8 mmHg,降低了12.4±4.6 mmHg(48.1%),B组术后平均眼压为18±4.3 mmHg,降低了6.2±6.9(25.6%)(P<0.001)。A组术后平均药物减少量为3.2±0.9种药物,B组为1.7±1.2种药物(P<0.001)。
在两组研究的随访期(12 - 36个月)内,进行RDS时切除施莱姆管内壁是提高其有效性的一个重要因素。