Bleb

The patient had a bright white bleb and a bright red eye, like some kind of inverse Japanese flag. His vision had dropped to counting fingers, and he had 1+ cell and 2+ flare in the anterior chamber and a mild vitritis.

WAILEA, Hawaii — Retinal pigmentary changes were seen in 67% of patients in the phase 1/2 safety study of RGX-314, a gene therapy delivered subretinally for the treatment of AMD.

Patients who underwent a pericardium patch graft for bleb repair after mitomycin C-enhanced deep sclerectomy experienced a statistically significant IOP increase and an increase in best corrected visual acuity 6 months after the procedure, according to a study.

Presenting glaucoma patients with a minimally invasive approach to lower their IOP with a bleb-forming MIGS procedure can be an appropriate alternative to traditional trabeculectomy or tube surgery.

Patients with elevated IOP due to either a fibrotic or shallow bleb or increased vascularity after Xen gel stent implantation experienced a mean 35.9% IOP reduction from preoperative levels after undergoing a needling revision, according to a study.

MUNICH, Germany — Adjunctive use of an antimetabolite can improve the effectiveness of bleb needling, reducing the potential need for re-treatment, according to a surgeon speaking here.