Table 2.

Postoperative Bleb Morphology of Patients Undergoing Primary Trabeculectomy with MMC According to Indiana Bleb Grading System⁵ (Bleb Height, Horizontal Extent, Vascularization and Bleb Leakage in Seidel Test)

	Group 1 (n=19)	Group 2 (n=16)	p
1st day bleb height	1.25 ± 0.68	1.05 ± 0.23	0.24
1st day horizontal extent	1.94 ± 0.68	1.47 ± 0.51	0.03
1st day bleb vascularization	2.25 ± 0.45	2.11 ± 0.46	0.35
1st week bleb height	1.57 ± 0.65	1.37 ± 0.49	0.31
1st week horizontal extent	2.07 ± 0.62	1.53 ± 0.61	0.02
1st week bleb vascularization	2.00 ± 0.11	2.21 ± 0.71	0.28
2nd week bleb height	1.53 ± 0.52	1.18 ± 0.41	0.07
2nd week horizontal extent	2.13 ± 0.51	2.00 ± 0.45	0.49
2nd week bleb vascularization	1.00 ± 0.65	2.09 ± 0.83	0.001
1st month bleb height	1.53 ± 0.64	1.11 ± 0.32	0.02
1st month horizontal extent	2.20 ± 0.41	1.83 ± 0.51	0.03
1st month bleb vascularization	0.93 ± 0.59	1.11± 0.96	0.53
2nd month bleb Height	2.20 ± 2.21	1.35 ± 0.49	0.13
2nd month horizontal extent	2.20 ± 0.41	1.82 ± 0.53	0.03
2nd month bleb vascularization	0.80 ± 0.56	1.19 ± 0.77	0.050

Notes: P: independent sample t test, values less than 0.05 were considered significant and shown as bold. The Seidel test was not observed postoperatively at all visits.