About this trial
Evaluation of anterior segment using anterior segment optical coherence tomography in patients undergoing planned bent angle needle goniectomy procedure for uncontrolled open angle glaucoma.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Patients who are being treated for primary open angle glaucoma using eye drops.
Patients with uncontrolled intraocular pressure >21 mm Hg
All recruited patients should have open anterior chamber angles demonstrated on gonioscopy examination.
Patients giving consent for operation and follow up
Disqualifiers
1- Pseudophakic patients 2- Advanced glaucoma patients. 3- Patients who are to have trabeculectomy or laser trabeculoplasty. 4- Patients with secondary glaucoma. 5- Patients who are unable to give consent for surgery or follow up. 6- Patients with previous trauma to the eye
Trial population
patients presenting to Benha University Hospitals with open angle glaucoma.
Trial design
Other
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Anterior segment optical coherence tomography
Other interventionImaging of the anterior segment of the eye using optical coherence tomography
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
To detect the changes in anterior chamber angle using Anterior segment OCT after BANG goniectomy
To detect the changes in anterior chamber angle using Anterior segment OCT after BANG goniectomy
Secondary outcomes
To detect any correlation between the post-op anterior chamber angle changes and the intraocular pressure.
To detect any correlation between the post-op anterior chamber angle changes and the intraocular pressure.
Locations
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