Confocal Microscopy and Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging of the Ocular Surface and Bleb Morphology in Medically and Surgically Treated Glaucoma Patients: A Review

Pharmaceuticals

Alon Harris¹  Alice C. Verticchio Vercellin¹  Ivano Riva²  Luciano Quaranta²  Lucia Tanga³  Gianluca Manni³  Carmela Carnevale³  Francesco Oddone³  Gloria Roberti³  Manuele Michelessi³  Luca Agnifili⁴ 

[1] Department of Ophthalmology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY 10029, USA;Department of Surgical & Clinical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, Section of Ophthalmology, University of Pavia—IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy;IRCCS-Fondazione Bietti, Rome, Via Livenza, 3, 00198 Rome, Italy;Ophthalmology Clinic, Department of Medicine and Aging Science, University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti—Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy;

关键词: glaucoma;    ocular surface;    medical treatment;    surgical treatment;    in vivo confocal microscopy;    anterior segment optical coherence tomography;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ph14060581

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Glaucoma patients often suffer from ocular surface disease (OSD) caused by the chronic administration of topical anti-glaucoma medications, especially in cases of long-term therapy with preserved or multiple drugs. Additionally, glaucoma surgery may determine ocular surface changes related to the formation and location of the filtering bleb, the application of anti-mitotic agents, and the post-operative wound-healing processes within the conjunctiva. Recently, several studies have evaluated the role of advanced diagnostic imaging technologies such as in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) and anterior segment-optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) in detecting microscopic and macroscopic features of glaucoma therapy-related OSD. Their clinical applications are still being explored, with recent particular attention paid to analyzing the effects of new drug formulations and of minimally invasive surgical procedures on the ocular surface status. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge about the main changes of the ocular surface identified at IVCM and AS-OCT in glaucoma patients under medical therapy, or after surgical treatment.

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