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Abstract #15946 Published in IGR 2-3
Outcome of simultaneous surgery for glaucoma and cataract
Hibi A; Sugita M; Nishizawa K; Endo Y; Watanabe Y; Nakamura S; Ohno SJapanese Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology 2000; 54: 1561-1565
The authors reviewed 26 eyes that underwent simultaneous surgery for glaucoma and cataract during a 23-month period. The surgical modality comprised trabeculectomy with mitomycin C, phacoemulsification-aspiration and intraocular lens implantation. Another series of 41 eyes treated by trabeculectomy with mitomycin C alone served as control. All cases were followed up for six months or longer after surgery. Life-table analysis after Kaplan-Meier showed the probability of control of intraocular pressure to be 83.3% in the combined surgery group and 78.0% in the trabeculectomy group. There was no difference between the two groups (p = 0.698). The corrected visual acuity improved in 77% of eyes in the combined surgery group. The findings show the effectiveness of combined surgery for glaucoma and cataract.LA: Japanese
Dr. A. Hibi, Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University, School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi 236-0004, Japan
Classification:
12.14.3 Phacoemulsification (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.14 Combined cataract extraction and glaucoma surgery)