Excessive scleral shrinkage, rather than choroidal thickening, is a major contributor to the development of hypotony maculopathy after trabeculectomy

• Mari Sakamoto,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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• Yoshiko Matsumoto,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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• Sotaro Mori,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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• Kaori Ueda,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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• Yukako Inoue,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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• Takuji Kurimoto,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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• Akiyasu Kanamori,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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• Yuko Yamada,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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• Makoto Nakamura

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: manakamu@med.kobe-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6464-4302

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