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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-12-30
pubmed:abstractText
We performed either a combined cataract extraction and trabeculectomy or a combined cataract extraction and thermal sclerostomy on 43 eyes. All eyes had chronic open angle glaucoma or chronic angle closure glaucoma, or a combination of the two. In our cataract/trabeculectomy group, 74% had improvement in visual acuity, 91% had normalized intraocular pressure without anti-glaucoma medications, 31% had transient postoperative hyphemas. In our cataract/thermal sclerostomy group, 61% had improvement in visual acuity, 61% had normalization of intraocular pressures without antiglaucoma medications, 17% had transient postoperative hyphemas. We could not correlate any of the complications of surgery with poor intraocular pressure results in either groups. The mechanism for the higher success rate with a combined cataract extraction and trabeculectomy as compared with a combined cataract extraction and thermal sclerostomy was not obvious after analyzing these patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0022-023X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
93-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Combined cataract extraction and thermal sclerostomy versus combined cataract extraction and trabeculectomy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study