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Trabeculectomy successfully used as primary treatment in glaucoma patients
CORONADO, Calif. — As a primary intervention, trabeculectomy with mitomycin C had a higher success rate than tube shunt surgery at 1 year in patients with glaucoma and no prior ocular surgery, according to a study presented here.“Not only was the overall success rate higher in the trabeculectomy group but the rate of complete success was significantly higher,” Steven J. Gedde, MD, said at the American Glaucoma Society meeting, where he reported 1-year results of the Primary Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study.