[Trabeculectomy. Long-term retrospective study].
Long term follow up of 51 eyes treated by trabeculectomy between 1975 and 1978. The pressure remains below 20 mmHg in 94% of our cases and progression field loss is stopped in 60%. The control of pressure needs adjunction of a medical treatment in 47% of cases. Progression of glaucomatous field loss is stopped when the ocular pressure is very low (40% or more of initial pressure). Cataract is seen in oldest patients. These observations suggest that: glaucoma surgery must give a sufficient drop of ocular pressure in all cases with pressure between 15 and 20 adjuvant medical therapy is useful old patients are a poor material for glaucoma surgery.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000453:epidemiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000601:surgery*; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014129:Trabecular Meshwork / Q000601:surgery*; D014794:Visual Fields
Trabéculectomie. Etude rétrospective à long terme.