Trabeculectomy

摘要

During a one-year period, 31 trabeculectomies were done in 25 patients. Of these procedures, 27 (87percnt;) were done for chronic open angle glaucoma, three (10percnt;) for congenital glaucoma, and one for chronic open angle glaucoma in an aphakic patient. Our overall success rate was 87percnt;. Complications were few: only two of 31 flat anterior chambers persisted postoperatively. Visual acuity dropped significantly (two lines on the Snellen visual acuity chart) in only one patient.