Background: To determine the success of repeat trabeculectomy augmented with mitomycin C in a cohort of patients who had undergone previously failed trabeculectomy surgery.
Design: A consecutive cohort series of patients.
Participants: Fifty patients undergoing augmented trabeculectomy surgery following a previously failed trabeculectomy and at least 12 months' follow up.
Methods: All patients had demographic and clinical data collected at the time of surgery and at all subsequent follow-up visits.
Main outcome measures: Visual field progression, loss of visual acuity, intraocular pressure (IOP) control.
Results: The mean follow up was 36.7 months. Forty-one patients (82%) achieved an IOP ≤21 mmHg (with ≥20% reduction of preoperative IOP) and ≥6 mmHg on no additional glaucoma treatment at 12 months' follow up. Forty-four patients (88%) achieved a qualified success with the same criteria at 1 year. The median logMAR acuity preoperative was unchanged after surgery; however, 11 patients (22%) lost ≥2 Snellen lines during follow up. There was no significant change in mean deviation during the follow-up period.
Conclusions: Repeating trabeculectomy augmented with mitomycin C is an effective method of controlling IOP and preventing further visual deterioration in the majority of patients treated. However, visual loss was seen in a significant proportion of patients.
© 2011 The Authors. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology © 2011 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists.