title: Avoiding complications in combined phacotrabeculectomy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Gosiengfiao
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Latina
mesh_terms: 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*