Avoiding complications in combined phacotrabeculectomy.
Combined phacoemulsification and trabeculectomy offers the advantage of relieving both cataract and increased intraocular pressure in one surgical sitting. The procedure however entails greater risks than either alone. An approach to minimize these risks is described.
Gosiengfiao
David H
DH
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Latina
Mark A
MA
D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014130:Trabeculectomy / Q000379:methods*