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Younger age risk for severe bleb leak following trabeculectomy
Patients younger than 55 years are more likely than older patients to suffer a severe bleb leak after trabeculectomy, according to a study.Younger age was the only statistically significant risk factor influencing the risk for severe bleb leak in the single-center retrospective case-control study comparing the risk in patients younger than 55 years vs. risk in patients older than 75 years (P = 0.0029).