The results of a longterm prospective follow-up study after the 'Double @entity1912 Scheie filtering operation are presented. Fifty-two eyes of 47 @entity1 with @entity725 ( @entity725 ) were operated; after ten years 29 eyes of 24 @entity1 could be examined. Twenty @entity1 (43%) had died, in three follow-up was incomplete. The two and four year results have been published earlier. In the 29 eyes the mean intraocular pressure (IOP) without medical therapy rose from 15.8 mm Hg at five years to 16.3 mm Hg at ten years (not significant). Additional medical or surgical treatment was necessary in 35% of the eyes. Diurnal variation and outflow facility remained stable. During the ten years 13 eyes showed some @entity227 . Nearly all clinically important deterioration occurred within five years after the operation. @entity231 progression was noticed in 45% (13 of 29); four times a lens extraction was performed (13%). Complete success of the operation, as judged by stable visual fields and IOP levels at or under 21 mm Hg without additional medical or surgical therapy was reached in 13 of 20 eyes (45%). Based on IOP alone the success rate was 62% without and 93% with additional treatment.

Ten year prospective follow-up of a glaucoma operation. The Double @entity1912 Scheie in XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity725 :: ('MESH:C562750', 'Disease') :: ['POAG', 'primary open angle glaucoma'] @entity227 :: ('MESH:D014786', 'Disease') :: ['deterioration of visual fields'] @entity231 :: ('MESH:D002386', 'Disease') :: ['Cataract'] @entity1912 :: ('241', 'Gene') :: ["Flap'"]
@entity725 :: (MESH:C562750,Disease) :: ['primary open angle glaucoma']
