Comparison of 1-site versus 2-site phacotrabeculectomy.
OBJECTIVE
To compare the results of 1-site versus 2-site combination glaucoma filtration and phacoemulsification surgery with respect to visual acuity, intraocular pressure (IOP), and glaucoma medication requirements via a case control study.


METHODS
Results of 2-site phacotrabeculectomy surgery in 64 eyes of 59 patients were retrospectively reviewed with a minimum follow-up of 1 year. The 2-site procedures were compared with a randomly chosen control group of 71 1-site phacotrabeculectomies performed by the same surgeon.


RESULTS
The presurgical visual acuity, IOP, and glaucoma medication requirements did not differ significantly between the 2 groups. Mean final postoperative results at 1 year for 2-site versus 1-site eyes, respectively, were visual acuity 0.32 +/- 0.353 (SD) and 0.32 +/- 0.37 (P = .99), IOP 15.0 +/- 3.7 mm Hg and 15.1 +/- 6.3 mm Hg (P = .97), and glaucoma medication requirements 0.43 +/- 0.90 and 0.61 +/- 1.1 (P = .52).


CONCLUSIONS
There was no statistically significant difference in the final visual acuity, IOP, or glaucoma medication requirements between the 2-site and 1-site groups.
Shingleton
Bradford J
BJ
Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Price
Richard S
RS
O'Donoghue
Mark W
MW
Goyal
Supriya
S
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular; D014130:Trabeculectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology*
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D016685:Mitomycin; D005472:Fluorouracil