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Abstract #17109 Published in IGR 9-1
Combined surgery - cataract and glaucoma
Gavris M; Horge I; Marian N; Olaru G; Stepan EOftalmologia 2006; 50: 44-47
We present the case of a 70 years old female patient with bilateral senile cataract, more advanced at the RE; Primary open angle glaucoma, poor compensation with drugs at the RE (with timolol 0.5% and xalatan 0.005%). Combined cataract and glaucoma surgery was performed, using different surgical approach zones. The article describes the therapeutic options in the morbid association of cataract and glaucoma, pointing out the advantages and the indications for each method. LA: Romanian
Dr. M. Gavris, Spitalul Militar de Urgenta, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Classification:
12.14 Combined cataract extraction and glaucoma surgery (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment)
