Trabeculectomy: a retrospective long-term follow-up study.
The results of the surgical procedure of trabeculectomy as performed in our hospital on 100 eyes (67 patients) are presented. At the end of the follow-up period, with a range of 1 to 5 years and a mean follow-up of 36 months, there was an overall success rate of 68%. Criteria for success included no further visual field loss or disc damage, and no glaucomatous etiology for a decrease in visual acuity. Only in half of failure cases an IOP of more than 20 mmHg was recorded at least once during the follow-up period. Hyphaema, resolving most of the time in less than 7 days, was the most frequent postoperative complication (66%), followed by hypotomia (29%). Progression of lensopacities occurred in 22% of eyes.
Huygens
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M
Department of Ophthalmology, U.Z. St. Rafaël, Leuven, Belgium.
Vercruysse
K
K
Goethals
M
M
Missotten
L
L
D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014130:Trabeculectomy / Q000379:methods*