[Cataract operations and glaucoma - a study (author's transl)].
This study reports on the favourable influence of lens extraction alone on intraocular pressure levels in different kinds of glaucoma (wide angle, angleclosure, secondary). Out of 2000 eyes undergoing cataract surgery 162 had medically treated glaucoma prior to surgery. Follow-up examinations of the intraocular pressure could be carried out in 118 eyes over a year. There resulted from this study no certain indications for a combined operation, whose value is discussed.
D000208:Acute Disease; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors
Kataraktoperationen und Glaukom (Eine Studie).