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Study aim
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Comparison of the effectiveness of two methods of using mitomycin c in non-penetrating deep sclerectomy surgery in patients with open angle glaucoma
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Design
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Clinical trial, with parallel, double-blind, randomized, phase 3 groups on 40 patients and Random Allocation Software software is used for randomization of software to randomly assign to two groups of methods and Random block sampling.
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Settings and conduct
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Comparison of the effectiveness of using two methods of mitomycin C administration in non-penetrating deep sclerectomy surgery in patients with open angle glaucoma in Tabriz Nicookari Hospital, 40 selected patients were divided into two equal groups and in one group of soaked sponges mitomycin C application and in the other group Subthenon injection is mitomycin. In this double-blind study, outcome assessor and statistical analyzer will not know how to use the drug in surgery.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: Patients with advanced open-angle glaucoma, drug intolerance,uncontrol intraocular pressure with maximum drug use
Exclusion criteria: Patients with uveitis, patients with neovascular glaucoma, patients with corneal diseases and structural abnormalities of the anterior chamber
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Intervention groups
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After selecting the study groups, patients are randomly divided into two groups. In the first group, patients will be injected with subtenon 0.1 ml of 0.2 mg / ml solution of mitomycin and in the second group, patients will be exposed to a sponge soaked in mitomycin 0.2 mg / ml for 3 minutes.
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Main outcome variables
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Comparison of the effect of two methods of drug administration in reducing intraocular pressure; Treatment success; Bleb appearence and complications.