Comparative evaluation of iridectomy and Elliot operation for glaucoma. Prof. K. A. Yudin (Russian off. J., 1928, Aug.)

Based on material covering 821 sl. various operations in 652 glumatous patients, prof. K.A. Yudin (Rus.off. J., 1928, Aug.) Comes to the conclusion that in acute glaucoma, iridectomy always leads to the disappearance of pain, a decrease in intraocular pressure and an improvement in visual acuity; as for chronic glaucoma, with it favorable results in the sense of a longer preservation of vision and a decrease in intraocular pressure from sclerectomy according to Elliot'y are obtained three times more often than from iridectomy.