OBJECTIVE: To compare results of filtration combined with either phacoemulsification or the Blumenthal technique of manual small-incision @entity231 surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Records of @entity726 "triple" operations from March 1997 to May 2000 were reviewed. Seventy-eight eyes (70 @entity1 ) that underwent phaco-triple were compared with 86 eyes (80 @entity1 ) that underwent the Blumenthal technique of manual small-incision @entity231 surgery combined with filtration (Blumenthal triple). Three minutes of 0.4 mgs/ml @entity1138 was used in all eyes. Posterior chamber IOLs were implanted through 5.5-mm incisions in both groups. Outcome measures were intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction and achievement of target IOP. Fourteen @entity1 who underwent phacoemulsification-triple in one eye and Blumenthal triple in the other eye were also evaluated separately. RESULTS: The minimum follow-up period was 6 months (range 6-30 months). At last follow-up review, mean reduction in IOP was 17.7 mm Hg (+/- 9.3 mm Hg) in the phaco group and 17.1 mm Hg (+/- 10 mm Hg) in the Blumenthal group. At last visit, target IOP was achieved in 75.6% of the phaco group and 73% of the Blumenthal group. There was no significant difference between groups in IOP reduction or achievement of target IOP. In the 14 @entity1 who had undergone phaco-triple in one eye and Blumenthal-triple in the other, there was no inter-eye difference in IOP reduction. CONCLUSIONS: In this small retrospective study we could not demonstrate a difference in IOP outcomes between the two procedures.

Comparison between phacoemulsification and the Blumenthal technique of manual small-incision XXXX surgery combined with trabeculectomy.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity1138 :: ('MESH:D016685', 'Chemical') :: ['Mitomycin'] @entity726 :: ('MESH:D005901', 'Disease') :: ['glaucoma'] @entity231 :: ('MESH:D002386', 'Disease') :: ['cataract']
@entity231 :: (MESH:D002386,Disease) :: ['cataract']
