Patients/eyes | 30 | 36 | |
Female/male | 17/13 | 21/15 | 0.86 (A) |
Mean age (years) | 70.6 (8.5) | 76.2 (6.8) | 0.19 (B) |
Range | 49.7–84.5 | 57.3–86.1 |
Glaucoma diagnosis
| | | |
Primary open angle glaucoma | 22 (73%) | 26 (72%) | 0.82 (A) |
Pseudoexfoliation | 7 (23%) | 10 (28%) |
Secondary glaucoma (uveitis) | 1 (3%) | 0 |
Glaucoma surgery
| | | |
Trabeculectomy (Cairns) | 24 (80%) | | |
With antimetabolites | 6 | | |
Mitomycin C (intraoperatively) | 1 | | |
5-Fluorouracil (intraoperatively) | 3 | | |
5-Fluorouracil (postoperatively) | 2 | | |
5-Fluorouracil without antimetabolites | 18 | | |
Goniotrephination (without antimetabolites) | 6 (20%) | | |
Time between glaucoma surgery and phaco | 5.8 (6.2) years | | |
Range | 3 months–19.7 years | | |
Phacoemulsification
| | | |
Additional manipulation: | | | |
Synechiolysis | 15 | 10 | 0.14 (A) |
Iris retractors | 9 | 5 |
Capsule tension ring | 0 | 2 |
Intraoperative complication: | | |
Posterior capsular tear with vitreous loss | 1 | 0 |
Zonulolysis | 1 | 0 |
Postoperative complication: | | |
Fibrin reaction | 2 | 5 |
Hyphaema | 1 | 0 |