Ultrasound Biomicroscopy findings after Canaloplasty

Purpose: To visualize the iridocorneal angle – after the first canaloplasty procedures performed in Italy – by means of two different ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) units. Method: Sixteen eyes of fifteen patients with primary open angle glaucoma (mean 56, range 25–82 years) underwent canaloplasty (12 eyes) or canaloplasty combined with phacoemulsification (4 eyes). 50MHz (Paradigm P45) and 80MHz (i-UltraSound) UBM examination was performed 1 to 12 (mean 3.7) months after surgery. Results: Both US systems could show intrascleral lake and trabecular meshwork (TM) distension – by a polypropilene suture in Schlemm's…