Long-term results of viscocanalostomy and phacoviscocanalostomy: a twelve-year follow-up study
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    AIM: To evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety results of viscocanalostomy and phacoviscocanalostomy. METHODS: The charts of 49 glaucoma patients who underwent viscocanalostomy or phacoviscocanalostomy surgery between February 1999 and August 2004 were reviewed retrospectively. Thirty-one eyes of 21 glaucoma patients who underwent filtering procedure with a postoperative follow-up of at least 5y were included in the study. Results of complete ophthalmologic examinations were recorded and statistically analyzed. Long-term surgical outcome was defined as an overall success when intraocular pressure (IOP) was found as ≤20 mm Hg with or without antiglaucomatous medication at the last follow-up visit, while it was defined as a complete success when IOP was measured ≤20 mm Hg without antiglaucomatous medication. RESULTS: Mean age was 68.1±9.6y (range: 32-81y). Mean follow-up time was 101.5±27.3mo (range: 60-144mo). Viscocanalostomy was performed in 8 eyes (25.8%) and phacoviscocanalostomy was performed in 23 eyes (74.2%). The mean preoperative IOP was 23.1±7.6 mm Hg with 2.1±1.0 medications, while mean IOP was 16.8±3.8 mm Hg with 0.9±1.1 medication at the last follow-up visit. Both the IOP decrease and the reduction in the antiglaucomatous medication were statistically significant (P<0.001 and P<0.001). No case required further glaucoma surgery. Overall success and complete success were found as 87.1% and 51.6%, respectively. Complete success rate was statistically higher in phacoviscocanalostomy group compared with the viscocanalostomy group (P=0.031), however there was no significant difference in overall success rate between two groups (P=0.072). CONCLUSION: Both viscocanalostomy and phacoviscocanalostomy provide good IOP reduction in the long-term period.

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Uzeyir Gunenc, Taylan Ozturk, Gul Arikan, et al. Long-term results of viscocanalostomy and phacoviscocanalostomy: a twelve-year follow-up study. Int J Ophthalmol, 2015,8(6):1162-1167

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  • Received:July 22,2014
  • Revised:November 04,2014
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  • Online: November 12,2015
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