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Fig. 3

From: Comparison of bleb morphologies between phacoemulsification combined with Ex-PRESS mini shunt implantation, phacotrabeculectomy and trabeculectomy alone: a two-year retrospective in vivo confocal microscopy study

Fig. 3

Epithelial microcysts area of filtering blebs. The epithelial microcysts area of the three groups at postoperative 2 weeks (2 W), 1 month (1 M), 3 months (3 M), 6 months (6 M), 12 months (12 M), 18 months (18 M), 24 months (24 M). P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Statistically significant between Phaco-Trab vs. Trab group, Phaco-ExPRESS vs. Phaco-Trab group, and Phaco-ExPRESS vs. Trab group were marked as †, ‡, and §, respectively. The Phaco-ExPRESS group showed increased epithelial microcysts area from 1 month to 3 months and 6 months to 12 months (p < 0.05), and the Trab group showed increased epithelial microcysts area from 2 weeks to 3 months (p < 0.05) postoperatively and remained steady from 3 months to 24 months (p > 0.05). However, the Phaco-Trab group showed decreased epithelial microcysts area from 3 months to 12 months (p < 0.05). For comparison between the three groups, the Phaco-Trab group showed smaller microcysts area than the other two groups from postoperative 3 months to 24 months, while the epithelial microcysts area of the Phaco-ExPRESS group was similar to that of the Trab group from postoperative 2 weeks to 24 months

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