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Sideport incision paracentesis versus antiglaucoma medication to control postoperative pressure rises after
M John1, J Souchek, R L Noblitt
1John-Kenyon Eye Research Foundation, Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
Twenty-eight patients who had an intraocular pressure greater than 30 mm Hg within 24 hours after cataract surgery were randomly assigned to be treated with medication or by paracentesis through a sideport incision. Paracentesis provided an immediate reduction in intraocular pressure, but within one hour pressures rebounded. Within two to three hours after treatment, the medication group had significantly greater mean reductions in intraocular pressure than the paracentesis group.