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Lead
Medical University of Bialystok
The way of the intraoperatively fixation may have some impact for postoperative results of the level of intraocular pressure (IOP), visual acuity (BCVA) and the incidence of upper eyelid ptosis was determined as a post-operative MRD (margin reflex distance) ≥2mm.
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
co-existing glaucoma and cataract (NC1, NC2) classified by means of the LOCS III scale (Lens Opacities Classification System III)
primary open-angle glaucoma and secondary pseudoexfoliative glaucoma, in which a satisfactory IOP level was not achieved despite maximum tolerable hypotensive treatment, both topical and systemic
documented progression of loss of field of vision
significant daily IOP fluctuations
no cooperation from patient with regard to application of anti-glaucoma treatment, allergy to topical medications
You may not be if
no consent to participation in the study
prior surgical and laser procedures in the area of the eye
narrow- or closed-angle glaucoma
post-inflammatory or post-traumatic secondary glaucoma
chronic illness of the cornea or optic nerve
advanced macular degeneration
active inflammatory process
pregnancy
systemic steroid therapy
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