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Fornix- vs. limbus-based flaps in combined phacoemulsification and trabeculectomy.

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Stewart, WC; Crinkley, CM; Carlson, AN
Published in: Doc Ophthalmol
1994

We studied prospectively the results of limbus-versus fornix-based flaps in patients undergoing combined trabeculectomy and phacoemulsification. We found no significant difference at six months postoperatively in the level of intraocular pressure between the limbus-(16.1 +/- 4.1 mm Hg) and fornix- (14.0 +/- 3.4 mm Hg, p = 0.161) based groups, or in the number of glaucoma medications (p = 0.0750). The highest intraocular pressure recorded within the first postoperative month was similar between groups (18.4 +/- 6.9 mm Hg for limbus and 18.5 +/- 5.5 mm Hg for fornix, p > 0.900). Postoperative bleb height, extent, and vascularity, as well as chamber depth were statistically similar between groups (p > 0.05). Postoperative complications were similar between groups. This study indicates that both fornix- and limbus-based flaps may be used safely and effectively when performing a trabeculectomy combined with phacoemulsification.

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Doc Ophthalmol

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ISSN

0012-4486

Publication Date

1994

Volume

88

Issue

2

Start / End Page

141 / 151

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Trabeculectomy
  • Surgical Flaps
  • Prospective Studies
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Ophthalmology & Optometry
  • Male
  • Limbus Corneae
  • Intraocular Pressure
  • Humans
  • Glaucoma, Open-Angle
 

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Stewart, W. C., Crinkley, C. M., & Carlson, A. N. (1994). Fornix- vs. limbus-based flaps in combined phacoemulsification and trabeculectomy. Doc Ophthalmol, 88(2), 141–151. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01204611
Stewart, W. C., C. M. Crinkley, and A. N. Carlson. “Fornix- vs. limbus-based flaps in combined phacoemulsification and trabeculectomy.Doc Ophthalmol 88, no. 2 (1994): 141–51. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01204611.
Stewart WC, Crinkley CM, Carlson AN. Fornix- vs. limbus-based flaps in combined phacoemulsification and trabeculectomy. Doc Ophthalmol. 1994;88(2):141–51.
Stewart, W. C., et al. “Fornix- vs. limbus-based flaps in combined phacoemulsification and trabeculectomy.Doc Ophthalmol, vol. 88, no. 2, 1994, pp. 141–51. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/BF01204611.
Stewart WC, Crinkley CM, Carlson AN. Fornix- vs. limbus-based flaps in combined phacoemulsification and trabeculectomy. Doc Ophthalmol. 1994;88(2):141–151.
Journal cover image

Published In

Doc Ophthalmol

DOI

ISSN

0012-4486

Publication Date

1994

Volume

88

Issue

2

Start / End Page

141 / 151

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Trabeculectomy
  • Surgical Flaps
  • Prospective Studies
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Ophthalmology & Optometry
  • Male
  • Limbus Corneae
  • Intraocular Pressure
  • Humans
  • Glaucoma, Open-Angle