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Methods: This retrospective case series included 34 eyes of 33 patients that developed bullous keratopathy following trabeculectomy. Bleb compression suturing was performed using a 10-0 nylon suture in eyes with an intraocular pressure (IOP) &lt; 10 mmHg or a fragile ischemic bleb. Postoperative IOP, air ingress into the bleb, rebubbling, bleb leakage, and bleb damage were evaluated. Results: Of the 34 eyes, 13 underwent bleb compression suturing before DSAEK (suture group), whereas 21 eyes did not (non-suture group). The mean preoperative IOP was 7.5 \u00b1 2.5 mmHg and 11.2 \u00b1 4.2 mmHg in the suture and the non-suture groups, respectively. The IOP was measured 2 h postoperatively in 14 eyes, increasing by 18 \u00b1 9.3 and 11.7 \u00b1 3.1 mmHg in the suture and non-suture groups, respectively, compared to the preoperative IOP, with no significant differences. At 2 h postoperatively, two eyes in the suture group and one eye in the non-suture group exhibited an IOP spike (\u226530 mmHg). One eye in the non-suture group required rebubbling owing to air ingress into the bleb. The mean IOP was 7.1 \u00b1 3.2 and 9.4 \u00b1 4.6 mmHg in the suture and non-suture groups, respectively, 1\u20132 weeks postoperatively. Preoperative and postoperative IOPs did not significantly differ in either group, and no suture-related complications were observed. Conclusions: For eyes with blebs, bleb compression suturing in DSAEK provides effective air tamponade during graft adhesion.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm15093439","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,30]],"date-time":"2026-04-30T10:47:28Z","timestamp":1777546048000},"page":"3439","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Bleb Compressive Sutures in Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty for Eyes with Filtering Blebs Following Trabeculectomy"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-4219-3001","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Noriko","family":"Toyokawa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Nagata Eye Clinic, 1147 Kitayamada Horai, Nara City 631-0844, Nara, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8939-2463","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kaoru","family":"Araki-Sasaki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nagata Eye Clinic, 1147 Kitayamada Horai, Nara City 631-0844, Nara, Japan"},{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shinmachi, Hirakata City 573-1010, Osaka, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hideya","family":"Kimura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nagata Eye Clinic, 1147 Kitayamada Horai, Nara City 631-0844, Nara, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shinichiro","family":"Kuroda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nagata Eye Clinic, 1147 Kitayamada Horai, Nara City 631-0844, Nara, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Jung, Y.H., Choi, H.J., Kim, M.K., and Oh, Y.J. 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