Fluctuation of intraocular pressure in glaucoma patients before and after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C.

Intraocular pressure (IOP) fluctuation is considered as a risk factor for glaucoma progression. We investigated IOP values and IOP fluctuation before and after trabeculectomy (TE) with mitomycin C (MMC) measured by 48-hour diurnal-nocturnal-IOP-profiles (DNP).Pre- and postoperative DNPs of 92 eyes u...

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Main Authors: Joanna Wasielica-Poslednik, Julian Schmeisser, Esther M Hoffmann, Veronika Weyer-Elberich, Katharina Bell, Katrin Lorenz, Norbert Pfeiffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5627910?pdf=render