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Effects of Postoperative Atropine Eye Drops on Visual Quality in Patients Undergoing Trabeculectomy
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of atropine on patients’ perception of visual quality after trabeculectomy. Forty patients undergoing standard trabeculectomy with mitomycin C were enrolled in this prospective randomized study. All surgeries were conducted at the ophthalmology de...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9917408/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36769412 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12030763 |
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author | Laspas, Panagiotis Maier, Elisa Schuster, Alexander McAlinden, Colm Pfeiffer, Norbert Hoffmann, Esther |
author_facet | Laspas, Panagiotis Maier, Elisa Schuster, Alexander McAlinden, Colm Pfeiffer, Norbert Hoffmann, Esther |
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description | The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of atropine on patients’ perception of visual quality after trabeculectomy. Forty patients undergoing standard trabeculectomy with mitomycin C were enrolled in this prospective randomized study. All surgeries were conducted at the ophthalmology department of the University Medical Center of Mainz, Germany. All patients received the same postoperative treatment with ofloxacin and dexamethasone eye drops. Following randomization of patients into two groups of 20 patients, the intervention group also received atropine eye drops three times daily for the first 2 days after surgery to stabilize the anterior chamber. All patients completed a visual quality questionnaire before surgery and 2 and 6 weeks after surgery. Results were compared using the Wilcoxon test. After surgery, there was a reduction in visual quality in all patients. Patients who received atropine eye drops described a greater and longer-lasting reduction in visual quality than those who did not receive atropine eye drops. Trabeculectomy often leads to a transient reduction in visual quality. This reduction was greater in severity and duration in patients who received postoperative atropine eye drops. Thus, unless there is an underlying medical necessity, we would discourage the application of atropine as a standard therapy for trabeculectomy surgery. |
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spelling | pubmed-99174082023-02-11 Effects of Postoperative Atropine Eye Drops on Visual Quality in Patients Undergoing Trabeculectomy Laspas, Panagiotis Maier, Elisa Schuster, Alexander McAlinden, Colm Pfeiffer, Norbert Hoffmann, Esther J Clin Med Brief Report The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of atropine on patients’ perception of visual quality after trabeculectomy. Forty patients undergoing standard trabeculectomy with mitomycin C were enrolled in this prospective randomized study. All surgeries were conducted at the ophthalmology department of the University Medical Center of Mainz, Germany. All patients received the same postoperative treatment with ofloxacin and dexamethasone eye drops. Following randomization of patients into two groups of 20 patients, the intervention group also received atropine eye drops three times daily for the first 2 days after surgery to stabilize the anterior chamber. All patients completed a visual quality questionnaire before surgery and 2 and 6 weeks after surgery. Results were compared using the Wilcoxon test. After surgery, there was a reduction in visual quality in all patients. Patients who received atropine eye drops described a greater and longer-lasting reduction in visual quality than those who did not receive atropine eye drops. Trabeculectomy often leads to a transient reduction in visual quality. This reduction was greater in severity and duration in patients who received postoperative atropine eye drops. Thus, unless there is an underlying medical necessity, we would discourage the application of atropine as a standard therapy for trabeculectomy surgery. MDPI 2023-01-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9917408/ /pubmed/36769412 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12030763 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Brief Report Laspas, Panagiotis Maier, Elisa Schuster, Alexander McAlinden, Colm Pfeiffer, Norbert Hoffmann, Esther Effects of Postoperative Atropine Eye Drops on Visual Quality in Patients Undergoing Trabeculectomy |
title | Effects of Postoperative Atropine Eye Drops on Visual Quality in Patients Undergoing Trabeculectomy |
title_full | Effects of Postoperative Atropine Eye Drops on Visual Quality in Patients Undergoing Trabeculectomy |
title_fullStr | Effects of Postoperative Atropine Eye Drops on Visual Quality in Patients Undergoing Trabeculectomy |
title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Postoperative Atropine Eye Drops on Visual Quality in Patients Undergoing Trabeculectomy |
title_short | Effects of Postoperative Atropine Eye Drops on Visual Quality in Patients Undergoing Trabeculectomy |
title_sort | effects of postoperative atropine eye drops on visual quality in patients undergoing trabeculectomy |
topic | Brief Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9917408/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36769412 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12030763 |
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