title: Trabeculectomy--success rates in a Singapore hospital.
abstract: Previously published papers on the success of trabeculectomy as a treatment for glaucoma show success rates between 67% and 84%. The success rate of trabeculectomy in Afro-Carribean patients was observed to be lower than in Caucasian patients. It has been commonly believed that the success rate of trabeculectomy in Oriental/Asian eyes would lie somewhere between these. We reviewed the records of 51 consecutive trabeculectomies performed in the National University Hospital, Singapore and found that our success rate was lower-43.1% overall and 48.7% for primary glaucomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, National University Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Chew
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Lum
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005006:Ethnicity; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012846:Singapore; D014130:Trabeculectomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome