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Abstract #15485 Published in IGR 1-3
Glaucoma after penetrating keratoplasty in the material of the ocular department of the Mountain Hospital in Sosnowiec
Wylegala E; Romaniuk W; Nita E; Dorecka M; Pawlowska M; Szkaradek PKlinika Oczna 1999; 101: 277-280
PURPOSE: To evaluate the necessity of antiglaucoma therapy in patients after penetrating keratoplasty (PK). MATERIAL AND METHODS: An analysis of 537 penetrating keratoplasties performed at the authors' department was undertaken. Incidence of glaucoma after penetrating keratoplasty procedure, necessity of pharmacological antiglaucoma treatment, as well as the kind of surgical procedure and its influence on the graft transparency were estimated. RESULTS: The incidence of postkeratoplasty glaucoma was 11.2% (60/537). Forty-two patients required pharmacological treatment (42/60) and the remaining 18 required surgery: 12 trabeculectomies, six drainage devices procedures and one cyclokrytherapy were performed, and stabilization of intraocular pressure was obtained. Fourteen of the grafts treated surgically lost their transparency. CONCLUSIONS: Multiple surgical treatment of post-penetrating keratoplasty glaucoma, despite the stabilisation of the intraocular pressure, may lead to loss of graft transparency in most cases.LA: Polish
Oddzialu Okulistycznego Szpitala Gorniczego w Sosnowcu; Poland
Classification:
9.4.11.4 Glaucomas associated with corneal surgery (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.11 Glaucomas following intraocular surgery)