A pars plana filtering procedure combined with lensectomy and vitrectomy for neovascular for neovascular glaucoma.
In 14 eyes undergoing a pars plana filtration procedure combined with pars plana lensectomy and vitrectomy, the most common complication was a severe sterile fibrinous vitritis. However, after a mean follow-up period of 6.3 months, intraocular pressure was controlled in five eyes (36%) after the procedure alone, in two (14%) after subsequent medical therapy, and in three (21%) after subsequent cyclocryotherapy. Preoperative visual acuity was maintained or improved in nine of the eyes (64%), whereas four eyes (28%) had no light perception.
D003452:Cryosurgery; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000601:surgery*