Archives: Researchers noted a lower success rate for trabeculectomy after cataract surgery compared to no prior surgery. But what’s strange about this study is that they specifically included phaco using a superior incision under the conjunctiva. So of course the failure rate is higher! Why not do something useful- compare trabeculectomy after temporal clear corneal phaco, which is what many of us do. It would be nice to demonstrate that the trab success rate is not affected.

Click here ^[1] for the abstract entitled Trabeculectomy With Mitomycin for Open-Angle Glaucoma in Phakic vs Pseudophakic Eyes After Phacoemulsification.