Long-term Follow-up Results of Glaucoma Triple Procedures in Patients with Angle-closure Glaucoma.
- Author:
Dae Won LIM
1
;
Hwan Joon CHOI
;
Kun Jin YANG
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology Chonnam University Medical School and Hospital Gwangju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Angle-closure glaucoma;
Cataract;
Glaucoma triple procedures;
Open-angle glaucoma;
Trabeculectomy
- MeSH:
Cataract;
Follow-Up Studies*;
Glaucoma*;
Glaucoma, Angle-Closure*;
Glaucoma, Open-Angle;
Humans;
Intraocular Pressure;
Ophthalmology;
Retrospective Studies;
Trabeculectomy
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2004;45(7):1106-1114
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To evaluate the long-term clinical efficacy for glaucoma triple procedures of angle-closure glaucoma. METHODS: The author reviewed retrospectively 30 eyes (Group A) which had undergone triple procedures for coexisting angle-closure glaucoma and cataract. The results were compared with those of 30 eyes (Group B) which had undergone trabeculectomy for angle-closure glaucoma and 25 eyes (Group C) which had undergone glaucoma triple procedures for open-angle glaucoma. All patients were followed up for more than 3 years after operation at the Department of Ophthalmology in a hospital from November 1990 to December 1999. RESULTS: The mean intraocular pressures at the last follow-up were 16.1mmHg, 20.9mmHg and 19.7mmHg and the surgical success rates were 83.3%, 63.3% and 68.0% in the triple procedure group of angle-closure glaucoma, trabeculectomy-alone group and triple procedure group of open-angle glaucoma respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Triple procedures in angle-closure glaucoma showed good long-term results in IOP control compared with the trabeculectomy-alone group in angle-closure glaucoma.
