title: [Surgical key points. Trabeculectomy].
abstract: Trabeculectomy is the filtering surgery of choice in the surgical treatment of glaucoma. Nevertheless, the technique is evolving rapidly. The use of a limbus-based or fornix-based conjunctival flap, the size and architecture of the scleral flap, the size of the sclerostomy, as well as the use of antimetabolites are currently being debated. There is a general tendancy to use smaller sclerostomy openings, 0.5-1 mm in diameter, with more liberal, but cautious, use of antimetabolites. The goal is to make glaucoma surgery as safe and successful as possible.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cohn
mesh_terms: D005355:Fibrosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D014130:Trabeculectomy