A Clinical Evaluation of Combined Trabeculectomy and Intracapsular or Extracapsular Cataract Extraction.

Kim, Young Tack; Yoon, Hi Mo; Jee, Nam Chul

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1988;29(5):909-915.
Published online May 1, 1988.

A Clinical Evaluation of Combined Trabeculectomy and Intracapsular or Extracapsular Cataract Extraction.

Young Tack Kim, Hi Mo Yoon, Nam Chul Jee

Department of Ophthalmology, Chosun University, College of Medicine, Chonnam, Korea.

섬유주 절제술과 수정체 낭내 및 낭외 적출술의 병용시술에 관한 고찰

윤희모(Hi Mo Yoon),지남철(Nam Chul Jee),김영택(Young Tack Kim)

Abstract

Trabeculectomy with intracapsular cataract extraction(Group I) on 14 eyes of 14 patients, and trabeculectomy with extracapsular cataract extraction(Group II) on 17 eyes of 17 patients were perfonned during the period of March 1986 to March 1988. The follow-up periods ranged from 3 monthes to 5 monthes. The mean intraocular pressure was reduced by approximately 54%, from 35 mmHg preoperatively to 16 mmHg postoperatively Group I, and was reduced by approximately 50%, from 34 mmHg preoperatively to 17 mmHg postoperatively in Group II. The visual acuity improved in all cases of both groups. The mean intraocular pressure reduction, operative and postoperative complications, and failure rates were not significantly different between Group I and Group II.