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AIM: To compare the postoperative curative effect and the complication incidence of simple adjustable sutured trabeculectomy and compound trabeculectomy. METHODS: Totally 182 cases (226 eyes) with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) or primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) were divided into experimental group (130 eyes of 98 cases) and control group (96 eyes of 84 cases). Simple adjustable sutured trabeculectomy was applicated on eyes in experimental group, and eyes in control group were given compound trabeculectomy (mitomycin C + adjustable sutured trabeculectomy). The curative effect and complication incidence were compared postoperatively. RESULTS: Postoperatively IOPs were similar in two group, but the incidences of shallow anterior chamber, hypotony and hyphema in experimental group were obviously lower than those of control group, which had statistical significance (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Compound trabeculectomy is characterized by obvious curative effect, and higher incidences of shallow anterior chamber, hypotony and hyphema. However, simple adjustable sutured trabecu-lectomy is featured not only definite therapeutic effect, but also lower incidences of those complications. LA: Chinese
Dr. Y.-Y. Su, Department of Ophthalmology, Central Hospital of Hanzhong City, Hanzhong 723000 Shaanxi Province, China. pangsu39@yahoo.com.cn