CKD closely linked to choroidal effusions after glaucoma surgery: Study

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Researchers have developed a potential new treatment for the eye disease glaucoma that could replace daily eye drops and surgery with a twice-a-year injection to control the buildup of pressure in the eye.
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Rob Felt, Georgia Tech
USA: A recent study in the Journal of Glaucoma showed chronic kidney disease (CKD) to be substantially linked with choroidal effusion after glaucoma surgery.
Previous studies have shown that patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are more likely to develop choroidal effusions after glaucoma surgery. Choroidal effusion is glaucoma surgical postoperative complication caused by a transudative fluid accumulation in the suprachoroidal region. Kidney illness changes the fluid dynamics of the body through a variety of methods. There has previously been no research into the relationship between CKD and choroidal effusion following glaucoma surgery.
This study was conducted by Richard L. Ford and the team with the objective to see if there was a link between CKD and the development of choroidal effusions after glaucoma surgery.
This study included 86 eyes from 86 individuals who had glaucoma filtering surgery or transscleral cyclophotocoagulation throughout the study period. There were 43 individuals with CKD and 43 people who did not have renal disease. The primary finding of this study was the development of choroidal effusion, as evaluated by the Pearson 2 test and multivariate analysis with a binomial regression with a log link.
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