title: Refractive and visual outcomes after combined cataract and trabectome surgery: a report on the possible influences of combining cataract and trabectome surgery on refractive and visual outcomes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare combined trabectome-cataract surgery with cataract-alone surgery regarding their refractive and visual outcomes and complications.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 137 eyes that underwent combined trabectome-cataract surgery, the postoperative refraction error and best visual acuity after at least 2 months postoperatively were compared to those of an in-house control group of 1,704 eyes that underwent outpatient cataract surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Combined trabectome-cataract surgery showed no significant differences regarding the biometry prediction error (BPE, mean 0.53 D vs. 0.48 D, p = 0.24) or visual outcome (BCVA, 0.81 vs. 0.78, p = 0.06). The rate of postoperative cystoid macular edema was slightly higher in the combined surgery group (2.2 % vs. 1.9 %).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Refractive and visual outcomes were similar in both groups. Despite the slightly higher rate of postoperative macula edema, we were able to observe that the combination of these two procedures is a feasible method in glaucoma and cataract surgeries.
authors.affiliation: Eye Center, University of Freiburg im Breisgau, Killianstraße 5, 79106, Freiburg, Germany, jan.luebke@uniklinik-freiburg.de.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luebke
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boehringer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neuburger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anton
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wecker
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cakir
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Reinhard
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Jordan
mesh_terms: D058452:Axial Length, Eye; D001699:Biometry; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012029:Refraction, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D014129:Trabecular Meshwork / Q000601:surgery*; D014130:Trabeculectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology*