Long – term results of trabeculectomy 
in open angle and angle 
– closure glaucoma patients

Do­ro­ta Pa­łen­ga­-P­ydyn; Han­na Gry­min; Grażyna Kowalska; Piotr Lan­gner; Wojciech Omulecki

Abstract

1-2/2004 vol. 106

Original paper

Long – term results of trabeculectomy in open angle and angle – closure glaucoma patients

Dorota Pałenga-Pydyn ¹

,

Hanna Grymin ¹

,

Grażyna Kowalska ¹

,

Piotr Langner ¹

,

Wojciech Omulecki ¹

Z Kliniki Chorób Oczu Katedry Chorób Oczu Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Łodzi

KLINIKA OCZNA 2004, Supl. 1-2: S176–S178

Online publish date: 2022/12/30

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AMA

Pałenga-Pydyn D, Grymin H, Kowalska G, Langner P, Omulecki W. Long – term results of trabeculectomy in open angle and angle – closure glaucoma patients. Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica Supplement. 2004:176-178.

APA

Pałenga-Pydyn, D., Grymin, H., Kowalska, G., Langner, P., & Omulecki, W. (2004). Long – term results of trabeculectomy in open angle and angle – closure glaucoma patients. Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica Supplement, 176-178.

Chicago

Pałenga-Pydyn, Dorota, Hanna Grymin, Grażyna Kowalska, Piotr Langner, and Wojciech Omulecki. 2004. "Long – term results of trabeculectomy in open angle and angle – closure glaucoma patients". Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica Supplement: 176-178.

Harvard

Pałenga-Pydyn, D., Grymin, H., Kowalska, G., Langner, P., and Omulecki, W. (2004). Long – term results of trabeculectomy in open angle and angle – closure glaucoma patients. Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica Supplement, pp.176-178.

MLA

Pałenga-Pydyn, Dorota et al. "Long – term results of trabeculectomy in open angle and angle – closure glaucoma patients." Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica Supplement, 2004, pp. 176-178.

Vancouver

Pałenga-Pydyn D, Grymin H, Kowalska G, Langner P, Omulecki W. Long – term results of trabeculectomy in open angle and angle – closure glaucoma patients. Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica Supplement. 2004:176-178.

Purpose

To provide data on the long-term results of trabeculectomy performed in open angle and in chronic angle – closure glaucoma.

Material and methods

Fifty nine eyes of 51 patients, underwent trabeculectomy from 1992 to 1994 in the Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Lodz. The follow up was minimum 10 years. Such pre – and postoperative measurements, as: visual acuity, intraocular pressure (IOP), visual field and the use of hypotensive medications, were evaluated.

Results

Successful IOP control was obtained in 91%. After 10-years follow – up the average IOP was 15 mmHg. The decrease in visual acuity was found in 25% of eyes, caused mainly by cataract. In 71% of eyes (10 years after surgery) additional topical medication was required.

Conclusions

Trabeculectomy is effective and very often performed surgery in glaucoma.

Keywords

trabeculectomy, open angle glaucoma, chronic angle – closure glaucoma, long term follow up