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Case Reports
. 1989 May;13(3):219-28.
doi: 10.1007/BF02028215.

The mechanism of aqueous outflow following trabeculectomy. A light and electron microscopic study

E van der Zypen  1 , F Fankhauser, S Kwasniewska
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The mechanism of aqueous outflow following trabeculectomy. A light and electron microscopic study

E van der Zypen et al. Int Ophthalmol. 1989 May.

Abstract

The morphological effects of trabeculectomy, performed as therapy for a case of chronic simple glaucoma, are described in the two eyes of a patient ten and thirteen months after treatment. Ten months after surgery, a transscleral channel, extending from the position formerly occupied by Schlemm's canal to the conjunctiva, is found. This channel is formed from a network of extended fibroblasts and loosely-packed collagenous tissue, and a large number of vessels, including both dilated blood capillaries and lymphatic vessels, develop within it. The sclera and subconjunctiva react differently to the presence of the nylon sutures. The findings support the hypothesis that the formation of an intrascleral outflow route stimulated by surgical intervention plays an important role in lowering IOP after trabeculectomy.

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