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Daniel B. Feller, MD; Robert N. Weinreb, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1984;102(4):537-538.

Abstract
• Seventeen patients with primary open-angle glaucoma underwent laser trabeculoplasty. Measurement of fluorescein leakage into the anterior chamber showed significant differences between surgically treated eyes and control eyes (not surgically treated) one day postoperatively and one week postoperatively. The increase in fluorescein leakage probably represents a disruption of the bloodaqueous barrier. In contrast, there were no differences between the eyes preoperatively or one month postoperatively. Hence, the long-term pressure-lowering effects of laser trabeculoplasty do not seem to be related to any permanent change in the blood-aqueous barrier.

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Ophthalmology, University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, Chicago (Dr Feller) and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas (Dr Weinreb).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Sept 30, 1983.

Reprint requests to Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75235 (Dr Weinreb).

This study was supported in part by grant EY-5114 (Dr Weinreb) and core grant EY-1792 from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

Mark M. Rusin, MS, provided technical assistance.

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