ArticleInternational journal of ophthalmology2015
Angle parameter changes of phacoemulsification and combined phacotrabeculectomy for acute primary angle closure.
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- Accuracy of Intraocular Lens Power Calculation in Cataract Surgery Combined with Trabeculectomy in Open Angle Glaucoma.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Combined phacoemulsification and angle filtering procedures versus phacoemulsification with clinical outcomes in primary glaucoma coexisting with cataracts: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Premium Intraocular Lenses in Glaucoma-A Systematic Review.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Low-dose transscleral cyclophotocoagulation with subsequent phacoemulsification in the treatment of prolonged acute primary angle closure.The British journal of ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Safety and Efficacy of Rapid Primary Phacoemulsification on Acute Primary Angle Closure with and without Preoperative IOP-Lowering Medication.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Anterior Segment Parameter Changes after Cataract Surgery in Open-Angle and Angle-Closure Eyes: A Prospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Comparison of Laser Iridotomy and Lensectomy Outcomes for Acute Primary Angle Closure.Journal of ophthalmology · 2022Article
- Long-term outcomes of prediction error after combined phacoemulsification and trabeculectomy in glaucoma patients.BMC ophthalmology · 2021Article
- The effect of combined phacotrabeculectomy, trabeculectomy and phacoemulsification on the corneal endothelium in the early stage: a preliminary study.International ophthalmology · 2019Article
- Early phacoemulsification in patients with acute primary angle closure.Journal of current ophthalmologyArticle
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Abstract
aimTo evaluate the difference in angle parameters and clinical outcome following phacoemulsification and combined phacotrabeculectomy in patients with acute primary angle closure (APAC) using ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM).
methodsPatients (n=23, 31 eyes) were randomized to receive phacoemulsification or combined phacotrabeculectomy (n=24, 31 eyes). Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), intraocular pressure (IOP), the main complications following surgery, and indentation gonioscopy and angle parameters measured using UBM were documented preoperatively and postoperatively.
resultsThe improvement in BCVA in the phacoemulsification group was significantly greater than in the combined group (P<0.05). IOP in the phacoemulsification group was slightly higher than in the combined group following 1wk of follow-up (P<0.05), whereas there was no significant difference between the two groups at the latter follow-up (P>0.05). Phacoemulsification alone resulted in a slight increase in the trabecular ciliary processes distance compared with the combined surgery (P<0.05), whereas the other angle parameters showed no significant difference between the groups. Complications in combined group were greater than phacoemulsification only group.
conclusionBoth surgeries effectively opened the drainage angle and deepened the anterior chamber, and IOP was well controlled postoperatively. However, phacoemulsification showed better efficacy in improving visual function and showed reduced complications following surgery.
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