NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Patients with glaucoma who underwent trabeculectomy or tube shunt surgery had similar rates of reoperation and similar surgical outcomes regardless of initial procedure, according to a study.
Sara J. Coulon, MD, and colleagues analyzed data from the Primary Tube Versus Trabeculectomy (PTVT) study to explore the incidence and outcomes of reoperations.
“In previous publications of PTVT study data, patients were censored from analysis after glaucoma reoperation,” she said. “Therefore, the outcomes of patients who underwent additional glaucoma surgery in