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01-03-2015 | Cataract

Refractive and visual outcomes after combined cataract and trabectome surgery

A report on the possible influences of combining cataract and trabectome surgery on refractive and visual outcomes

Authors: Jan Luebke, D. Boehringer, M. Neuburger, A. Anton, T. Wecker, B. Cakir, T. Reinhard, J. F. Jordan

Published in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology | Issue 3/2015

Abstract

Purpose

To compare combined trabectome-cataract surgery with cataract-alone surgery regarding their refractive and visual outcomes and complications.

Methods

In 137 eyes that underwent combined trabectome-cataract surgery, the postoperative refraction error and best visual acuity after at least 2 months postoperatively were compared to those of an in-house control group of 1,704 eyes that underwent outpatient cataract surgery.

Results

Combined trabectome-cataract surgery showed no significant differences regarding the biometry prediction error (BPE, mean 0.53 D vs. 0.48 D, p = 0.24) or visual outcome (BCVA, 0.81 vs. 0.78, p = 0.06). The rate of postoperative cystoid macular edema was slightly higher in the combined surgery group (2.2 % vs. 1.9 %).

Conclusions

Refractive and visual outcomes were similar in both groups. Despite the slightly higher rate of postoperative macula edema, we were able to observe that the combination of these two procedures is a feasible method in glaucoma and cataract surgeries.

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Title: Refractive and visual outcomes after combined cataract and trabectome surgery
A report on the possible influences of combining cataract and trabectome surgery on refractive and visual outcomes
Authors: Jan Luebke
D. Boehringer
M. Neuburger
A. Anton
T. Wecker
B. Cakir
T. Reinhard
J. F. Jordan
Publication date: 01-03-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology / Issue 3/2015
Print ISSN: 0721-832X
Electronic ISSN: 1435-702X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-014-2881-2

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