Purpose: To describe the population at risk of having a severe bleb leak needing a surgical repair in the operating room and to study risk factors associated with severe bleb leak. Patients and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Needling a previously viable bleb conserves the conjunctiva and allows faster recovery and fewer complications ...

Retrospective case note review. All cases of MMC trabeculectomy with at least 1-year follow-up were included. Cases where a bleb leak occurred within the first month were identified. All cases without ...

While the Xen 45 gel stent implant showed beneficial long-term outcomes for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma, a substantial proportion of patients needed follow-up operations or bleb needling, ...

The overall success rate of surgical bleb revision for late-onset bleb leaks after trabeculectomy was high, according to a study. Perspective from Henry D. Jampel, MD, MHS The retrospective study of ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Conjunctival bleb' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 106, No. 44 (Nov. 3, 2009), pp. 18581-18586 (6 pages) Blebs are spherical membrane protrusions often observed ...

A 31-year-old man presented to the dermatology clinic with a lifetime history of painful blue nodules that were distributed throughout his body and bled easily. His uncle had similar lesions, as did ...

A total of 17 individual patients (cases) with a bleb leak were identified and then were paired with 51 controls. In the population evaluated, 11 patients suffered an early leak and 6 cases suffered a ...