SUMMARY
Purpose:
To evaluate the frequency of complications related to the intraoperative use of mitomycin C in trabeculectomies.
Methods:
The authors studied 76 eyes submitted to a filtering procedure with mitomycin C. The intraocular pressure measurements, number of antiglaucomatous medications per patient and postoperative complications of all 76 patients were analyzed.
Results:
This series showed an incidence of 25% of shallow anterior chamber, 18.4% of overfiltration, 1O. 5% of cataract formation and 9.2°% of choroidal detachment.
Conclusions:
The present study suggests that mitomycin C must be cautiously used by ophthalmologists, as related complications can be potentially serious.
Keywords:
Mitomycin C; Trabeculectomy; Glaucoma