Combined cataract surgery, intraocular lens implantation, and viscocanalostomy.
OBJECTIVE
To describe 2 techniques of combined viscocanalostomy and phacoemulsification and report the results.


METHODS
Gimbel Eye Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.


METHODS
Combined viscocanalostomy, phacoemulsification, and intraocular lens implantation was performed in 83 eyes. A shared scleral incision was made in 46 eyes and a clear corneal incision separate from the viscocanalostomy site, in 37 eyes. A retrospective review of these cases was performed.


RESULTS
Intraocular pressure (IOP) was significantly lower in both groups 2 and 8 weeks and 6 months postoperatively. The decline in IOP postoperatively over time was also comparable. There were no cases of hypotony, choroidal detachment, filtrating bleb, or postoperative cystoid macular edema in either group. Complications included IOP spikes in 2 eyes in the shared-incision group at 1 day (to 43 and 30 mm Hg, respectively). In early shared-incision cases, there was 1 obvious Descement's puncture in 1 eye and a torn scleral flap requiring extra suturing in another eye.


CONCLUSIONS
Combined viscocanalostomy, cataract extraction, and IOL implantation was safe and efficacious in lowering IOP whether a shared scleral incision or a separate clear corneal incision was used for phacoemulsification.
Gimbel
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Gimbel Eye Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Ferensowicz
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D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications; D003315:Cornea / Q000601:surgery; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012449:Safety; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014130:Trabeculectomy / Q000379:methods*