Trabeculectomy followed by phacoemulsification versus trabeculectomy alone: The Collaborative Bleb-Related Infection Incidence and Treatment Study.

ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:This study aims to compare the rate of surgical failure after trabeculectomy followed by phacoemulsification vs trabeculectomy alone for 5 years. METHOD:A total of 1,098 eyes of patients with glaucoma who underwent trabeculectomy with mitomycin C at 34 clinical centers included in CBIITS were analyzed. During follow-up, some eyes were treated with phacoemulsification because of cataract progression. The patients were divided into the "trabeculectomy followed by phacoemulsification" and "trabeculectomy alone" groups, and surgical probabilities were compared. Surgical failure was defined on the basis of mean IOP as follows; < 20% reduction in preoperative IOP or IOP ≥ 21 mmHg (criterion A), IOP ≥ 18 mmHg (criterion B), or IOP ≥ 15 mmHg (criterion C). RESULT:In total, 40 eyes were tre

SUBMITTER: Arimura S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6812865 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature