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[Results after cyclodiathermy: report on 29 eyes]
C Kloevekorn-Norgall1, M J Groh, M Küchle
1Augenklinik mit Poliklinik der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
Background:
Persisting angle-closure glaucomas with circular anterior synechia and lost anterior chamber are at the moment an unsolved therapeutical problem. Antiglaucomatous anterior cyclodiathermy is a last therapeutical option to serve the eye.
Patients And Methods:
We retrospectively examined the results and the complications of 29 eyes, which were consecutively treated with anterior cyclodiathermy between 1992 and 1998.
Results:
We found a significant decrease of the intraocular pressure (IOP) during mean follow-up of 10 month, reduction of antiglaucoma medication, no change of visual acuity and no severe complications (no phthisis bulbi, no severe intraocular hemorrhage, no sympathetic ophthalmia).
Conclusion:
Anterior cyclodiathermy is a successful treatment for selected patients with severe forms of glaucoma, if other operation techniques and antiglaucoma medication fail to decrease the IOP.