Effect of trabeculectomy on visual field progression in Japanese progressive normal-tension glaucoma with intraocular pressure < 15 mmHg.

We examined the effectiveness of trabeculectomy in decreasing the slope of mean deviation (MD) in Japanese patients with progressive normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) at low intraocular pressure (IOP) levels. The charts of patients who had undergone initial trabeculectomy with adjunctive mitomycin C for...

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Main Authors: Tomoko Naito, Miyuki Fujiwara, Takako Miki, Ryoichi Araki, Atsushi Fujiwara, Yusuke Shiode, Yuki Morizane, Mikio Nagayama, Fumio Shiraga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5574552?pdf=render