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COMBINED TRABECULECTOMY AND CATARACT EXTRACTION
Author(s) -
FRACO R. H. WEST
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian journal of opthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 0310-1177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1983.tb01072.x
Subject(s) - trabeculectomy , intraocular pressure , medicine , cataract extraction , glaucoma , ophthalmology
A small personal series of patients with chronic open‐angle glaucoma who underwent combined trabeculectomy and cataract extraction is analysed with regard to the effect of the operation on the control of intraocular pressure. The results support the regular use of the operation as an effective means of reducing intraocular pressure.