RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Trabeculectomy versus Scheie's operation: a comparative retrospective study in open-angle glaucoma in Kenyans.
JF British Journal of Ophthalmology
JO Br J Ophthalmol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 643
OP 645
DO 10.1136/bjo.63.9.643
VO 63
IS 9
A1 N J Bakker
A1 S I Manku
YR 1979
UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/63/9/643.abstract
AB A comparative retrospective study was performed on 39 patients with open-angle glaucoma in whom the right eye was subjected to Scheie's operation, the left to trabeculectomy. Trabeculectomy without the use of additional therapy or reoperation brought the intraocular pressure to under 22 mmHg in 80% of the cases compared with 74% treated by Scheie's operation. Reduction of visual acuity postoperatively was 4 times more frequent with Scheie's operation than with trabeculectomy. A report on a second group of patients in whom 47 trabeculectomies were performed is also given.