Abstract: Purpose: To examine hypotony-associated foveal lesions (FovLs) using optical coherence tomography, and to assess the risk factors of visual deterioration after glaucoma filtering surgery.
Methods: Parameters that may be associated with postsurgical deterioration of visual acuity were retrospectively studied in 44 eyes of 44 patients who experienced postsurgical intraocular hypotension ≤6 mmHg between 2015 and 2019.
Results: Six eyes (14%) had FovLs, such as detachment of photoreceptors (5 eyes, 11%) and acquired vitelliform lesions (1 eye, 2%) at 3 months after trabeculectomy. Logistic regression analysis revealed that hypotony maculopathy (P = 0.0141 at 3 months) and FovLs (P = 0.0486 and 0.0296 at 3 and 12 months, respectively) were significant risk factors for Visual acuity loss after trabeculectomy. The FovLs were located just behind the Müller cell cone. Visual acuity at 3 and 12 months after surgery in patients with FovLs was significantly lower than in those without FovLs (P = 0.0013 and P = 0.006, respectively). Epiretinal membrane was more common in eyes with FovLs (5 of 6 eyes, 83%) than in eyes without FovLs (7 of 38 eyes, 18%; P = 0.0037).
Conclusion: Müller cell cone-associated FovLs lead to long-lasting visual acuity loss after filtering surgery.
(Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the Opthalmic Communications Society, Inc.)
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