Trabeculectomy in Patients With Glaucoma Over 80 Years of Age: Relatively Short-term Outcomes

DUMAN F., WAISBOURD M., FARIA B., ADDIS V., HSIEH M., Ekici F., ...More

JOURNAL OF GLAUCOMA, vol.25, no.3, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/ijg.0000000000000230
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF GLAUCOMA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: elderly, trabeculectomy, glaucoma, OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, OLDER-ADULTS, EYE DISEASE, MITOMYCIN-C, PHACOTRABECULECTOMY, INNOVATIONS, SURGERY, HEALTH, IMPACT
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: To compare the surgical outcomes of trabeculectomy performed in elderly patients (above 80 y) with those of younger controls.