Trabeculectomy with iridencleisis.

Trabeculectomy with iridencleisis.

An iridencleisis is added to the original trabeculectomy technique of Cairns as modified by Watson for the surgical treatment of glaucoma. The steps are described with special reference to the fashioning of the iridencleisis as an iris tongue lying curled upon itself with the pigmented layer lining the inner aspect of the iris resting between the scleral flaps. Two series of patients from Afric...

Iridencleisis in congestive glaucoma.

Combined Phaco Trabeculectomy Vs Combined ECCE Trabeculectomy with IOL Implantation

Results: Postoperative IOP in both groups fell significantly (P=<0.05) below the preoperative medically controlled IOP. At initial 2 months postoperative IOP was almost similar in bothgroups (mean IOP in phacotrab group was 11 mm Hg vs mean IOP in ECCE trab group as 13 mm Hg i.e P= >.050). At 12 months, the IOP in phacotrab group was lower than ECCE trab group. Postoperative visual recovery was...

Trabeculectomy and phaco-trabeculectomy with and without peripheral iridectomy.

PURPOSE To compare the 1-year outcome of trabeculectomy and combined phaco-trabeculectomy that were performed with or without a peripheral iridectomy (PI). METHODS In a large tertiary glaucoma clinic, with a single surgeon performing all surgeries, 47 patients scheduled to undergo either a primary trabeculectomy or phaco-trabeculectomy were prospectively randomized to surgery with or without ...

Trabeculectomy with fistula formation

Operations on the trabecular meshwork in order to reduce raised intraocular pressure are receiving increasing prominence. Redmond Smith (i960) opened the trabecular tissue by passing a nylon thread along the canal of Schlemm via an ab externo incision, and by a further incision and by picking up the distal end of the thread, he ruptured the trabecular meshwork by pulling on the thread like a bo...