A modified filtering operation for neovascular glaucoma

Thirteen patients with useful vision but suffering from uncontrollable neovascular glaucoma due to total angle closure were treated with modified filtering operations. Ten (77%) of the cases were controlled more than one year postoperatively. Most patients whose pressures were controlled maintained...

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Published inArchives of ophthalmology (1960) Vol. 97; no. 12; p. 2339
Main Authors Herschler, J, Agness, D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.12.1979
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Filtration
Glaucoma - surgery
Humans
Methods
Middle Aged
Neovascularization, Pathologic
Visual Acuity
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Summary:Thirteen patients with useful vision but suffering from uncontrollable neovascular glaucoma due to total angle closure were treated with modified filtering operations. Ten (77%) of the cases were controlled more than one year postoperatively. Most patients whose pressures were controlled maintained their preoperative visual acuities. These visual results appear to be better than those reported with cyclocryotherapy, where vision is usually lost despite satisfactory pressure control.
ISSN:0003-9950
DOI:10.1001/archopht.1979.01020020555011