Publications of Faculty of Medicine:VISCOCANALOSTOMY, A PROSPECTIVE TWO YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY: Abstract

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VISCOCANALOSTOMY, A PROSPECTIVE TWO YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY
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Abstract:

Aim: To prospectively study the success rate and complications of the non-penetrating glaucoma surgery, viscocanalostomy. Method s: 31eyes of 31 patients who had medically uncontrolled primary open angle glaucoma were enrolled in this prospective study, in which viscocanalostomy was performed on all patients with injection of viscoelastic (HEALON) in the surgically de-roofed Schlemrn's canal and in the scleral bed, the superficial sclera' flap was sutured and the conjunctiva tightly closed. Intraocular pressure, visual acuity, and visual field analysis were performed post operatively and recorded -