Purpose:
To assess the incidence and cause of idiopathic, irreversible loss of vision (“wipe-out”) in the early post-operative period after glaucoma-filtration surgery in advanced glaucoma.
Methods:
It was a prospective, interventional cohort study. Patients with advanced glaucoma and macular split fixation underwent either only trabeculectomy (group A) or combined phaco-emulsification with trabeculectomy (group B). The incidence and cause of visual loss, changes in intra-ocular pressure, visual acuity, and visual field indices during 2 months post surgery were assessed.
Results:
Thirty patients (30 eyes) were divided in two groups. No significant difference was noted between the pre-operative and post-operative mean deviations in both groups (
P
= 0.41,
P
= 0.65). Two eyes in group A and one eye in group B had visual loss of two lines or more at the end of 2 months because of cataract and choroidal detachment. None of the eyes showed “wipe-out”.
Conclusion:
“Wipe-out” is a rare phenomenon after surgery in advanced glaucoma.
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