Long-term outcome of trabeculectomy with and without small incision cataract surgery at a tertiary eye hospital in Northern Nigeria

Aims: To report the outcome of trabeculectomy with and without small incision cataract surgery (trab-SICS) in the patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. Study Design: Retrospective study. Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective study of all eligible cases of trabeculectomy with and withou...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nigerian journal of ophthalmology 2017-07, Vol.25 (2), p.110-113
Hauptverfasser: Ndife, Thelma, Abdullahi, Sadiq, Raji, Lukman, Umar, Murtala, Olaniyi, Segun, Alhassan, Mahmoud
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Zusammenfassung:Aims: To report the outcome of trabeculectomy with and without small incision cataract surgery (trab-SICS) in the patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. Study Design: Retrospective study. Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective study of all eligible cases of trabeculectomy with and without SICS performed by a single surgeon. The case notes of the patients were reviewed; demographic data and clinical information were extracted. The primary outcome was intraocular pressure (IOP) at 15 months after the surgery. Success was defined as IOP
ISSN:0189-9171
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DOI:10.4103/njo.njo_21_17