title: [The evaluation of the usefulness of phacotrabeculectomy as the only surgery for glaucoma and cataract patients].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Oddziału Okulistycznego Wojewódzkiego Szpitala Specjalistycznego im. sw. Barbary w sosnowcu.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Romaniuk
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kozioł
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Błońska-Fajfrowska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fronczek
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zabierzewska-Perenc
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dorecka
mesh_terms: 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*