No-stitch combined glaucoma cataract-surgery.
A new method of small incision cataract surgery is presented which allows sutureless wound closure with a fistulating aperature for regulating IOP. After in-the-bag pcIOL implantation, a triangular opening is made into the posterior scleral valve and combined with a peripheral iridectomy. Sufficient regularization of the IOP and good visual results could be observed in the majority of all 61 eyes operated on using this method.
Eye Department, Hospital St. Pölten, Austria.
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Klemen
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005260:Female; D018463:Filtering Surgery; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D007498:Iris / Q000601:surgery; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014792:Visual Acuity