Filtering iridocycloretraction in chronic closed-angle glaucoma.
In 98 patients, 112 eyes with chronic closed-angle or combined glaucoma were operated on using filtering iridocycloretraction, including preparation of two limbal-based scleral strips that were introduced through scleral incisions into the anterior chamber and the supraciliary space. The intraocular pressure was controlled (less than or equal to 21 mm Hg) in 107 eyes by surgery alone and in two eyes with medication by three to four weeks postoperatively. Ninety-one eyes were followed up for 12 to 30 months (mean, 19 months). The intraocular pressure was controlled in 78 eyes by surgery alone and in four eyes with medication. Three eyes were operated on repeatedly.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000601:surgery*; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D007498:Iris / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged