A comparative study of trabeculectomy and the new clear-cornea filtering procedure, intrastromal diathermal keratostomy (IDK)
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Purpose: For the first time to compare the 1-year success rates of trabeculectomy and the new clear-cornea filtering procedure, intrastromal diathermal keratostomy (IDK). Methods: Prospective clinical observational study including 99 consecutively operated eyes (69 patients) with well-established primary open-angle glaucoma referred for filtering operation. We compared the change in intraocular pressure (IOP), number of anti-glaucomatous medication, complications and reoperations after 1 year. Seventy-four eyes were operated with trabeculectomy, and 25 with IDK. Complete success was defined as IOP =18 mmHg, IOP lowered =30%, no medication and no reoperation. Qualified success was defined as IOP =18 mmHg, and IOP lowered =30% with or without medication or reoperation. Results: Intraocular pressure pre- and postoperatively in the trabeculectomy group was 25.3 and 14.1 mmHg versus 23.8 and 15.8 mmHg in the IDK group. The number of medications pre- and postoperatively in the trabeculectomy group was 3.1 and 0.5 versus 3.2 and 1.3 in the IDK group. Forty-four (59%) of the eyes in the trabeculectomy group met the complete success criteria compared with 5 (20%) in the IDK group (p
Original language | English |
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Journal | Acta Ophthalmologica |
Volume | 90 |
Issue number | 8 |
Pages (from-to) | 704-8 |
Number of pages | 5 |
ISSN | 1755-375X |
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Publication status | Published - 2012 |
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