Phaco-UCP; Combined Phacoemulsification and Ultrasound Ciliary Plasty Versus Phacoemulsification Alone for Management of Coexisting Cataract and Open Angle Glaucoma
Phaco-UCP; Combined Phacoemulsification and Ultrasound Ciliary Plasty Versus Phacoemulsification Alone for Management of Coexisting Cataract and Open Angle Glaucoma
This study was carried out to evaluate the safety and efficacy of combined phacoemulsification and Ultrasound ciliary plasty (Phaco-UCP) as a first-line surgical treatment of coexisting cataract and op
/en angle glaucoma compared to phacoemulsification alone. To our knowledge, this is the first report of results of combined Phaco-UCP
the study involved 61 eyes of 61 patients with coexisting cataract and open angle glaucoma, 31 eyes were managed with Phaco-UCP and 30 eyes of age and sex matched patients were managed with phacoemulsification alone.
Patients were randomized for either combined phacoemulsification and ultrasound ciliary plasty (Phaco-UCP) (the study group) or phacoemulsification alone (the control group). All surgeries were performed by one experienced surgeon (Y EZ).
Preoperative evaluation included manifest refraction, BCVA measurement, slit-lamp biomicroscopy, gonioscopy, indirect ophthalmoscopy, measurement of IOP with Goldmann applanation tonometry (average of 3 readings taken). Corneal diameter (White-to-white) and axial length measurement were done using IOL Master 500 (Carl Zeiss Meditec AG., Germany). Ultrasound pachymetry with Tomey SP-100 (Tomey Corp. Nagoya, Japan) and visual fields using Humphrey Field Analyzer (24-2, SITA, standard program Carl Zeiss Meditec AG., Germany) were also performed.
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