Using multiple trabecular micro-bypass stents in cataract patients to treat open-angle glaucoma

• Published in: Journal of cataract and refractive surgery Vol. 38; no. 11; pp. 1911 - 1917
• Main Authors: Belovay, Graham W., MD, Naqi, Abdulla, MD, Chan, Brian J., MD, Rateb, Mahmoud, MD, Ahmed, Iqbal Ike K., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.11.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aged; Antihypertensive Agents - administration & dosage; Biological and medical sciences; Cataract - complications; Female; Glaucoma and intraocular pressure; Glaucoma, Open-Angle - complications; Glaucoma, Open-Angle - surgery; Humans; Intraocular Pressure - physiology; Iridectomy; Lens diseases; Lens Implantation, Intraocular; Male; Medical sciences; Ophthalmology; Phacoemulsification; Prospective Studies; Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects); Stents; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the eye and orbit; Tonometry, Ocular; Trabeculectomy; Visual Acuity - physiology; Human; Eye disease; Cataract; Lens disease; Multiple; Open angle glaucoma; Bypass; Surgery; Instrumentation therapy; Ophthalmology; Stent; Anterior segment disease

Purpose To evaluate the efficacy of multiple trabecular micro-bypass stents combined with cataract surgery in patients with open-angle glaucoma (OAG) and cataract. Setting Private practice, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Design Comparative case series. Methods Eyes with OAG had implantation of 2 or 3...