title: [A prospective study of postoperative aqueous flare in trabeculectomy alone versus phacotrabeculectomy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare trabeculectomy alone with phacotrabeculectomy in postoperative aqueous flare.
  
  
  METHODS
  Aqueous flare was prospectively measured using a laser flare-cell meter in open-angle glaucoma patients with cataract undergoing trabeculectomy with either mitomycin C or phacotrabeculectomy with mitomycin C. Flare was measured before surgery and at 2 and 4 weeks after surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-four patients who underwent trabeculectomy and 26 patients who underwent phacotrabeculectomy completed the study. There were no significant differences in flare values between the two groups at any point. Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that exfoliation glaucoma (odds ratio = 8.978; p = 0.0028) and postoperatively shallow anterior chamber (odds ratio = 15.539 ; p = 0.0074) were risk factors for high values of aqueous flare at 2 weeks after surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Combined phacoemulsification does not enhance postoperative aqueous flare in trabeculectomy. Exfoliation glaucoma and postoperative shallow anterior chamber are factors in the elevation of aqueous flare.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan. inatani@u-fukui.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inatani
authors.forename: Minako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogata-Iwao
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takihara
authors.forename: Keiichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwao
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Nanako
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kasaoka
authors.forename: Hidenobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanihara
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001082:Aqueous Humor / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014130:Trabeculectomy