Ptosis after glaucoma surgery
| Autor: | Abraham J Park, Manishi Desai, Babak Eliassi-Rad |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
030213 general clinical medicine
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment shunting surgery Glaucoma 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Ptosis Chart review Statistical significance Ophthalmology Independent samples Glaucoma surgery ptosis Medicine Trabeculectomy Original Research combined surgery business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) trabeculectomy Clinical Ophthalmology medicine.disease glaucoma filtering surgery 030221 ophthalmology & optometry medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) |
| ISSN: | 1177-5483 1177-5467 |
| Popis: | Abraham J Park,1 Babak Eliassi-Rad,2 Manishi A Desai2 1Moyes Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, 2Boston Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Boston, MA, USA Purpose: Evaluate factors contributing to ptosis after glaucoma surgery. Methods: Three-year retrospective chart review from January 1, 2012, to January 1, 2015, 157 eyes, 3 surgeons, at Boston Medical Center, to determine the incidence of ptosis and the effects of each variable contributing to ptosis at 3 months after surgery. Each variable was analyzed using the chi-square or independent samples t-test analysis to determine statistical significance of ptosis compared with above variables. Results: The t-test or chi-square analysis showed that gender, steroid duration, use of mitomycinC, duration of surgery, and prior surgeries were not statistically significant factors for ptosis. There was a statistically significant association between those |
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