[Trabeculectomy-iridencleisis combined with cataract extraction].
On 31 eyes (23 patients, average age 74 years) with cataract and primary open-angle or chronic angle-closure glaucoma modified trabeculectomy with lobelike iridencleisis was performed combined with cataract-extraction. They were followed up for periods between 6 months and 3 years. In 84% of cases the i.o. pressure continued to be normalized without further antiglaucomatous therapy, in 16% additional treatment with drugs achieved sufficient lowering of i.o. pressure. In nearly all of the cases I observed a diffuse, very flat filtering bleb. Gonioscopy shows, that filtering channels stay open along the margin of the imbedded iris flap. Complications were rare and demanded no further surgery.
D000368:Aged; D000867:Anterior Chamber; D001082:Aqueous Humor; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D007498:Iris / Q000601:surgery; D008722:Methods
Trabekulektomie-Iridenkleisis kombiniert mit Kataraktextraktion.