2009•Practical Journal of Clinical MedicineRequires access
Trabeculectomy with adjustable suture is useful for avoiding for shallow anterior chamber
Ying-chuan Fan
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Abstract
Objective To observe the effect of scleral flap adjustable suture on avoiding shallow anterior chamber in a trabeculectomy.Methods 100 eyes of glaucoma were divided into 2 groups.Routine trabeculectomy was performed on 43 eyes of the routine group.The trabeculectomy combining with adjustable suture was performed on 57 eyes of the adjustable suture group.Results Shallow anterior chamber appeared on 16 eyes of the rou-tine group(34%)and 6 eyes of adjustable suture group(5.6%)after operation(P ﹤ 0.01),the intraocular pressure of the two teams has no obvious difference(P ﹥ 0.05).Conclusions Trabeculectomy with adjustable suture is useful for controlling intraocular pressure and avoiding from shallow anterior chamber,and can improve the success rate of operation.