title: [Simultaneous failure of trabeculectomy and sclerotomy using laser holmium: YAG].
abstract: We present a case of a bilateral chronic open-angle glaucoma in a 74 year old woman, operated on the right eye by conventional trabeculectomy and the left eye by holmium laser ab externo sclerostomy. Both filtering blebs remained elevated and functional for 18 months. After this follow-up period, both blebs simultaneously collapsed and intra-ocular pressure rose again. This case shows that a late conjunctival scarring process, depending on a non surgical factor, may still be encountered after Holmium: YAG laser sclerostomy just as after standard trabeculectomy despite reduced conjunctival tissue trauma.
authors: Service de Pr. Haut, Centre Hospitalier National d'Ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, Paris.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Moulin
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Haut
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000601:surgery*; D006695:Holmium / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012599:Sclerostomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014130:Trabeculectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes; D006695:Holmium
vernacular_title: Echec simultané d'une trabéculectomie et d'une sclérostomie au laser Holmium: YAG.