Glaucoma triple procedures: efficacy of intraocular pressure control and visual outcome.
Sixty-three glaucoma triple surgeries [combined trabeculectomy, extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE), and posterior-chamber intraocular lens (PC-IOL) implantation] were reviewed. Intraocular pressure (IOP) was controlled satisfactorily in all cases; 25% required additional glaucoma therapy but fewer glaucoma medications. Eighty-six percent achieved 6/12 or better visual acuity. Postoperative IOP and visual acuity results were similar to those achieved by trabeculectomy or ECCE/PC-IOL, respectively. Cumulative years of preoperative glaucoma therapy had an adverse effect on postoperative IOP control.
Longstaff
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Glaucoma Unit, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, England.
Wormald
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Mazover
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Hitchings
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D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014130:Trabeculectomy; D014792:Visual Acuity