Open AccessTWENTY‐TWO CASES OF CLEAR CORNEA TRABECULECTOMY
Author(s) -
KEILLOR R. B.,
MOLTENO A. C. B.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-1606
pISSN - 0814-9763
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1986.tb00469.x
Subject(s) - trabeculectomy , cornea , conjunctiva , mortise and tenon , ophthalmology , medicine , intraocular pressure , optometry , pathology , engineering , structural engineering
The essential feature of clear cornea trabeculectomy is the use of a corneal approach, to create an intrascleral cleft communicating freely with the anterior chamber, without disturbing fenon's tissue and conjunctiva. In this small series the procedure produced diffuse thick walled blebs with normalisation of intraocular pressure without medication in 11 eyes This relatively poor result may be due to lack of the specialised instruments used by Cairns The technique deserves further investigation.