Modified trabeculectomy: a new procedure for neovascular glaucoma.
A new surgical procedure has been described specifically for neovascular glaucoma with residual visual function. The procedure included excision of a large trabecular segment under a limbal-based scleral flap, partial non-penetrating cyclodiathermy, and partial ablation of abnormal iris vessels followed by a wide sector iridectomy. The preliminary results in five eyes with advanced neovascular glaucoma were encouraging.
D005901:Glaucoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000601:surgery; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014129:Trabecular Meshwork / Q000601:surgery*