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Abstract #15558 Published in IGR 1-3

Evaluation of phacotrabeculectomy versus trabeculectomy alone

Guggenbach M; Mojon DS; Böhnke M
Ophthalmologica 1999; 213: 367-370


The purpose was to evaluate phacotrabeculectomy (PT) versus trabeculectomy alone (TA). One hundred and sixty one eyes with primary open angle or pseudoexfoliative glaucoma operated on consecutively by one surgeon were followed prospectively. One-year follow-up was available for 70 eyes with PT and 54 with TA (77% of all eyes). Intraocular pressure (IOP) in PT dropped from 23.4±8.9 to 13.3±3.4 mmHg and in TA from 24.8±7.5 to 14.2±3.9 mmHg. IOP difference between PT and TA at one year was nonsignificant (p>0.1). The average number of medications in PT dropped from 1.9±0.9 to 0.1±0.5 and in TA from 2.2±0.9 to 0.3±0.6 (p>0.1). The authors conclude that additional phacoemulsification does not influence intraocular pressure control at one year.

Dr. D.S. Mojon, Department of Strabismus/Neuroophthalmology, Kantonsspital, CH-9007 St Gallen; Switzerland


Classification:

12.8.1 Without tube implant (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)
12.14.3 Phacoemulsification (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.14 Combined cataract extraction and glaucoma surgery)



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