Evaluation of Bleb Morphology and Reduction in IOP and Glaucoma Medication following Implantation of a Novel Gel Stent

Table 3

In vivo confocal microscopy data preoperatively and after XEN Gel Stent implantation.

	MMA	MMD	SCTD
Preop	773.3 ± 1361.6	7.64 ± 15.12	91.25 ± 23.20
Month 3	15564.9 ± 12264.1	56.75 ± 44.90	83.85 ± 14.90
Month 6	16255.1 ± 14056.7	68.03 ± 37.08	70.30 ± 20.71
Month 12	12159.4 ± 16634.5	77.87 ± 95.63	96.55 ± 32.38
value preop versus month 6	0.002	< 0.001	0.037
value preop versus month 12	0.059	0.003	0.679

MMA: mean microcysts area; MMD: mean microcysts density; SCTD: subepithelial connective tissue density. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. For the analysis of variables, the Student t-test was applied. values <0.05 were considered statistically significant.