[Effect of ciliary choroid detachment on the late results of trabeculectomy ]

The relationship between ciliochoroidal detachment on the late hypotensive results of trabeculectomy was studied in 64 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. Seventy patients, matched for their initial condition and age, in whom the postoperative period ran without complications, made up the reference group. The mean follow-up period was 24.2 months. Ciliochoroidal detachment was found to have virtually no effect on the late hypotensive results of trabeculectomy, though such detachment had a negative effect on the lens transparency.