Sabyasachi Chakrabarty

We appreciate the interest of Yoshida et al. in our paper and thank them for their comments [1]. As suggested, we calculated the reduction in IOP from baseline at each visit and found that the differences between the two groups fail to disprove the null hypothesis. (Table 1) None of the participants developed late-onset bleb leak (leakage beyond 3 months post-surgery) [2], blebitis, endophthalmitis, corneal epithelial toxicity or hypotony maculopathy.

Abstract To determine whether subconjunctival Mitomycin-C (MMC) injections are as safe and effective as sponge-soaked MMC in phaco-trabeculectomy. This prospective, randomized, interventional study was conducted on consecutive patients with visually significant cataract and an uncontrolled primary open-angle glaucoma. One hundred thirty-nine patients were recruited but 15 were ineligible for analysis. The patients were randomized into a sponge/injection group.