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What is Incidence of Permanent Vision Loss after Trabeculectomy to Treat Glaucoma?

Posted By Dr. Ari Weitzner On August 18, 2011 @ 5:15 am In Glaucoma | Comments Disabled

The latest issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology reports on a study to assess the risk of long-term vision loss after trabeculectomy and to determine the course of long-term vision loss vs transient loss and recovery.

The study concluded that transient vision loss after trabeculectomy is common and may take up to 2 years for recovery, whereas the risk of permanent vision loss is less common but significant, and typically due to certain identifiable risk factors.

Click here [1] to read the abstract.

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[1] Click here: http://archopht.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/129/8/1011

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