[Combined surgery--cataract and glaucoma].
We present the case of a 70 years old female patient with bilateral senile cataract, more advanced at the RE; Primary open angle glaucoma, poor compensation with drugs at the RE (with timolol 0.5% and xalatan 0.005%). Combined cataract and glaucoma surgery was performed, using different surgical approach zones. The article describes the therapeutic options in the morbid association of cataract and glaucoma, pointing out the advantages and the indications for each method.
Gavriş
Monica
M
Spitalul Militar de Urgenţă, Cluj-Napoca.
Horge
I
I
Marian
N
N
Olaru
Genoveva
G
Stepan
Elena
E
D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications*; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity