Cárdenas CD, Fumero GFY, Fernández AL, Díaz ÁY, Obret MI, Arzuaga HE

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ABSTRACT

Objectives: describe the short-term outcomes of one-site phacotrabeculectomy.
Methods: a descriptive case-series study was conducted of 19 eyes of 18 patients treated with one-site phacotrabeculectomy by the same surgeon at the Glaucoma Department of "Ramón Pando Ferrer" Cuban Institute of Ophthalmology from February to October 2016. The variables evaluated were age, sex, skin color (black or white), number of hypotensive drugs, best corrected visual acuity, intraocular pressure, glaucomatous damage, glaucoma type and postsurgical complications during a three-month follow-up.
Results: mean age of the sample was 69 ± 12 years, with an equal number of males and females. There was a predominance of primary open-angle glaucoma and black skin color. In the preoperative period mean intraocular pressure was 22.5 ± 5.9 mmHg, best corrected visual acuity was 51.77 ± 31.89 VAR, and the number of hypotensive drugs was 3.2 ± 0.5. Three months after surgery mean intraocular pressure was 15.6 ± 4.3 mmHg (p< 0.05), best corrected visual acuity was 71.15 ± 33.05 VAR and the number of hypotensive drugs was 0.7 ± 1 (p< 0.05). The postoperative complications were athalamia, choroidal detachment and Tenon cyst.
Conclusions: one-site phacotrabeculectomy is a surgical alternative offering patients with glaucoma and cataract intraocular pressure control, visual recovery, a reduction in the number of hypotensive drugs, and minimal complications.