Clinical study of mini-trabeculectomy without radial incisions
ZHAO Xiao-man
WANG Yu-hong
Abstract：Objective：To describe a new modification of cairns trabeculectomy.Methods：Surgical adjustment includes a small 3mm fornix-based conjunctival flap, a circumferential scleral incision at a distance of only 2m m from the corneoscleral limbus, and a sclerocorneal tunnel without scleral radi al incisions and a corneotrabeculectomy was performed by a 1mm diameter descemet punch.Results：Among the various clinical and technical advantage of the procedure is the possibility of reducing the rate of postoperative aqueous l eskage(2.56%) and performing more operations througy the superior limbus rather than reverting to and inferior trabeculectomy or implantation of an aqueous shun t.Conclusion：The reduced surgical area and manipulations of the current procedure appear to offer advantages over the standard approach.
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Publication Date：2001-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-12(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 149-150 )