THE RESULTS OF ONE - SITE VERSUS TWO - SITE APPROACHES IN COMBINED SURGERY (PHACOEMULSIFICATION AND TRABECULECTOMY)

Purpose: To compare the results of combined surgery (phaco-emulsification and trabeculectomy) through one site and two site incisions in cases who have both cataracts and glaucoma. Methods: 48 eyes of 41 patients who have been operated between 10.06.1999 and 26.03.2002 in our hospital were included in the study. In group I combined surgery was performed in 23