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¹M.D. Asistant Professor, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara/TURKEY
²M.D. Asistant, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara/TURKEY
³M.D. Asistant Professor, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, İstanbul/TURKEY
⁴M.D. Professor, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara/TURKEY The chronic hypotony and maculopathy due to bleb thinning after the trabeculectomy five years ago was detected in a seventy-two year-old male patient. Fibrin glue applied to the patient for the bleb leakage. Fifty-six year-old female with filtrating surgery in both eyes one year ago was presented optic disk edema and choroidal folds in right eye due to the hypotony because of bleb leakage. A stable intraocular pressure was detected in the patient who had the autologous blood injected into the bleb and then applied the pericardial patching and amniotic membrane during the follow-up. Treatment strategies were discussed for chronic hypotony in two cases who had improved of maculopathy and stabilized intraocular pressure during the follow-up. Keywords : Trabeculectomy, bleb leakage, hypotonic maculopathy, fibrin glue, autologous blood injection