Trabeculectomy Using a Fornix-based Conjunctival Flap.
- Author:
Won Ryang WEE
1
;
Dong Ho YOUN
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Humans;
Trabeculectomy*
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1986;27(5):819-922
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
The safety and success rate of trabeculectomy using fornix-based conjunctival flaps were investigated. Patients with chronic angle-closure glaucoma(22 eyes), primary open-angle glaucoma(10 eyes), secondary glaucoma(4 eyes) and ocular hypertension(1 eye) had a trabeculectomy with a fornix-based conjunctival flap. We analyzed the results of these 37 eyes and compared them witih those of trabeculectomy using a lmbus-based codjunctival flap Trabeculectomy was equally successful(intraocular pressure,
