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Abstract #12256 Published in IGR 7-2
Phacotrabeculectomy versus conventional combined technique in coexisting glaucoma and cataract
Parihar JKS; Gupta RP; Sahoo PK; Misra RP; Vats DP; Kamath AP; Rodrigues FEAMedical Journal Armed Forces India 2005; 61: 139-142
BACKGROUND: To evaluate and compare efficacy and outcome after single site phacotrabeculectomy and conventional combined surgery in cases of coexisting primary open angle glaucoma and cataract. METHODS: This prospective study on fifty patients of concurrent primary open angle glaucoma and cataract, who had undergone combined surgery as single site phacotrabeculectomy or conventional single site trabeculectomy with extracapsular lens extraction with IOL implantation in 25 cases each. Evaluation was based on operative and postoperative complications, control of IOP and visual outcome. The follow up period ranged between twelve months to eighteen months. RESULTS: The mean medically controlled preoperative intraocular pressure was 22 mmHg (Range 18 to 35 mmHg) by applanation method of tonometry. The range of postoperative intra-ocular pressure after one year was 11 to 22 mmHg in first and 14 to 26 mmHg in second group. Failure to maintain optimum postoperative IOP without Beta-blocker was more frequent after conventional combined procedure. There was no significant difference in incidence and pattern of postoperative complications. CONCLUSION: Phacotrabeculectomy provides effective and sustained visual recovery and adequate control of intraocular pressure as compare to conventional combined procedure.
Dr. J.K.S. Parihar, Department of Ophthalmalogy and Anterior Segment Microsurgery, Command Hospital (Eastern Command), Kolkata-27, India
Classification:
12.14.3 Phacoemulsification (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.14 Combined cataract extraction and glaucoma surgery)