title: [Results of prophylactic iridectomy].
abstract: Between 1974 and 1981 263 patients were treated for acute narrow-angle glaucoma; in 117 of these cases a prophylactic iridectomy was performed on the fellow eye. In two cases there were surgical complications. In none of the 52 patients followed up for at least two years did narrow-angle glaucoma recur. The formation or progression of lens opacities were attributable not to the iridectomy but to the age of the patients.
mesh_terms: D005901:Glaucoma / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Ergebnisse der prophylaktischen Iridektomie.