[The evaluation of the usefulness of phacotrabeculectomy as the only surgery for glaucoma and cataract patients].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate IOP changes after phacotrabeculectomy.


METHODS
24 glaucoma patients (27 eyes) with coexistence of cataract. Age: 56-79 years. Mean IOP level before surgery: 23.2 +/- 2.4 mm Hg. In all cases phacotrabeculectomy was performed. Follow-up ranged from 3 to 12 months.


RESULTS
IOP decrease after surgery was achieved: mean decrease 7.1 +/- 2.3 mm Hg after 3 months and 5.5 +/- 2.4 mm Hg, and 4.1 +/- 2.1 mm Hg after 6 and 12 months, respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
Phacotrabeculectomy combines all advantages of phacoemulsification and creates perspective for IOP normalization.
Romaniuk
W
W
Oddziału Okulistycznego Wojewódzkiego Szpitala Specjalistycznego im. sw. Barbary w sosnowcu.
Kozioł
H
H
Błońska-Fajfrowska
B
B
Fronczek
M
M
Zabierzewska-Perenc
B
B
Dorecka
M
M
D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014130:Trabeculectomy / Q000379:methods*