New superior modified fornix-based twin-site phacotrabeculectomy

One-site versus two-site phacotrabeculectomy: a prospective randomized study

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of one-site and two-site combined phacotrabeculectomy with foldable posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation. METHODS Thirty-four patients (41 eyes) with glaucoma and cataract were randomly assigned to undergo either a one-site (22 eyes) or a two-site (19 eyes) combined procedure. One-site approach consisted of a s...

Closing the Fornix - Based Flap

outcomes of single-site phacotrabeculectomy with mitomycin c

purpose: to evaluate visual outcomes and intraocular pressure (iop) after single-site phacotrabeculectomy with mitomycin c in patients with senile cataract and primary open angle glaucoma (poag), pseudoexfoliative glaucoma (pxg), or chronic angle closure glaucoma (cacg). methods: in this retrospective study, patients older than 50 years who had significant cataracts (bcva £ 20/60) and uncontrol...

Fornix vs limbus based flap in phacotrabeculetomy with mitomycin C: prospective study.

AIM To compare the efficacy and safety of fornix-based and limbus-based conjunctival flaps of phacotrabeculectomy with mitomycin C in patients with primary open angle glaucoma and cataract. METHODS The study included 16 patients (6 men and 10 women) with primary open angle glaucoma and bilateral cataract. In each patient, phacotrabeculectomy with mitomycin C was performed on both eyes: the ey...

A Limbus - or Fornix - Based Flap ?

CYNTHIA M AT TOX, MD Up until about 4 years ago, I always performed my combined phacoemulsification/trabeculectomy procedures with a fornix-based conjunctival flap and my straight trabeculectomies with a limbus-based flap. I liked the closure I used for each. Fellows would ask me, “Why the difference?” I was not entirely satisfied with the IOP-lowering effect of my combined procedures, but I wa...