Trabeculodialysis for inflammatory glaucoma: a review of 25 cases.
We reviewed the results following trabeculodialysis in 25 eyes of 22 patients with secondary glaucoma due to chronic anterior uveitis. After 1 year, intraocular pressure (IOP) was uncontrolled (greater than 21 mm Hg) in 11 eyes (44%). Trabeculodialysis controlled IOP (less than 21 mm Hg) in 14 eyes (56%), with an average follow up of 52 months (range, 12 to 151 months). Sixteen eyes (64%) were aphakic, but did no worse than the phakic eyes. One eye developed a subchoroidal hemorrhage 3 days postoperatively which required drainage. No other serious complications were encountered. Trabeculodialysis is a safe procedure which can achieve pressure control in these difficult eyes.
Williams
R D
RD
University of California, San Francisco.
Hoskins
H D
HD
Shaffer
R N
RN
D001035:Aphakia / Q000150:complications; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014130:Trabeculectomy; D014606:Uveitis, Anterior / Q000150:complications