The clinical Effect of Trabeculectomy.
- Author:
Sung Chur MOON
1
;
Hee Bae AHN
;
Sae Heun RHO
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine Dong-A University, Pusan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Trabeculectomy;
Success rate;
Mitomycin C;
5-FU
- MeSH:
Animals;
Anterior Chamber;
Fluorouracil;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Hyphema;
Mitomycin;
Rats;
Retrospective Studies;
Trabeculectomy*
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1997;38(5):839-848
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We studied the clinical results of trabeculetomy retrospectively. The trabeculectomy was performed in 92 patients, 106 eyes and the outcome was assessed after a minimum follow-up of 12 months. The success rat was compared among the groups which had been performed trabeculectomy only, that had used mitomycin C during operation, that had used 5-FU postoperatively and that had used both mitomycin C and 5-FU. The overall success rate is 82% at 12 months postoperatively. Compared among the groups, the success rate was 85.2% in trabeculectomy only group, 81.0% in mitomycin C group, 70.6% in 5-FU group, and 85.7% in using both mitomycin C and 5-FU group, but the success rate was statistically insignificant among the groups. The complications including shallow anterior chamber and hyphema were found in 36 eyes(34.0%).
