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Abstract #60053 Published in IGR 16-4

Refractive and visual outcomes after combined cataract and trabectome surgery: a report on the possible influences of combining cataract and trabectome surgery on refractive and visual outcomes

Luebke J; Boehringer D; Neuburger M; Anton A; Wecker T; Cakir B; Reinhard T; Jordan JF
Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 2015; 253: 419-423


PURPOSE: To compare combined trabectome-cataract surgery with cataract-alone surgery regarding their refractive and visual outcomes and complications. METHODS: In 137 eyes that underwent combined trabectome-cataract surgery, the postoperative refraction error and best visual acuity after at least 2 months postoperatively were compared to those of an in-house control group of 1,704 eyes that underwent outpatient cataract surgery. RESULTS: Combined trabectome-cataract surgery showed no significant differences regarding the biometry prediction error (BPE, mean 0.53 D vs. 0.48 D, p = 0.24) or visual outcome (BCVA, 0.81 vs. 0.78, p = 0.06). The rate of postoperative cystoid macular edema was slightly higher in the combined surgery group (2.2 % vs. 1.9 %). CONCLUSIONS: Refractive and visual outcomes were similar in both groups. Despite the slightly higher rate of postoperative macula edema, we were able to observe that the combination of these two procedures is a feasible method in glaucoma and cataract surgeries.

Eye Center, University of Freiburg im Breisgau, Killianstraße 5, 79106, Freiburg, Germany, jan.luebke@uniklinik-freiburg.de.

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12.14.3 Phacoemulsification (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.14 Combined cataract extraction and glaucoma surgery)



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