- Trabeculectomy with mitomycin C was evaluated in African ancestry patients with primary open-angle glaucoma
- This population is disproportionately impacted by the disease
- Complications such as additional surgery, bleb leak, hypotony, and choroidal detachment were common with the procedure
- Factors associated with higher failure rates were younger age at surgery, positive family history of glaucoma, and worse preoperative visual acuity
- Researchers stressed the importance of precision-based approaches to glaucoma management
Source: Journal of Glaucoma
