The prophylactic use of diluted intraoperative MMC 0.02% solution caused corneal endothelial cell loss. The rate of cell loss was correlated with the duration of MMC exposure.

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Twenty-four months after Ahmed valve or Molteno implant, statistically significant quantitative (cell density) and minor qualitative (cell area) changes in central CEC were observed. Both groups appeared to have similar CEC damage.

In both groups, the longer the follow-up time was, the higher the CEC loss and the CEC area expansion were. One-site surgery seems to cause less CEC damage than the 2-site operation during the median follow-up time of 1 year.