Abstract
Excessive wound healing in filtering glaucoma surgery is akey factor for a failed surgery. After the introduction of trabeculectomy in the 1960s many factors associated with an increased fibrotic reaction were recognized and methods were developed to influence postoperative wound healing. These range from the perioperative use of anti-inflammatory drugs and antimetabolites to the use of newer chemical compounds that influence the morphology of postoperative fibroblast growth. In the routine clinical practice, the fine tuning of therapeutic decisions plays adecisive role in the success or failure of filtration surgery.
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