Treatment of solitary subconjunctival cysts of filtration pad after fistulizing surgery of glaucoma
Lapochkin, V.I.; Novoderezhkin, V.V.
Vestnik Oftalmologii 114(2): 21-23
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-465X PMID: 9621815 Document Number: 492581
The clinical picture and cytostatic treatment of solitary subconjunctival cysts of filtration pad after fistula-forming antiglaucoma surgery are described. Twenty-seven eyes with hypertension which developed as a result of subconjunctival cysts formed in the early postoperative period in 7% of patients operated on for open-angle glaucoma. Probable mechanisms of the pathogenesis of the formation of solitary cysts are discussed and 3-staged therapy proposed, including beta-blockers, perforation of the cyst wall by YAG laser, and, in 10% of cases with rigid cysts, microsurgical revision of filtration pad.