PHACOEMULSIFICATION OF IRIS AS A TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH CLOSED-ANGLE GLAUCOMA

We examined 55 patients (62 eyes) with primary closed-angle glaucoma. All of them were operated by ultrasonic phacoemulsification with IOL implantation. The patients' age ranged from 55 to 75 years (mean age 65 years). There were 42 (78.7%) women and 13 (21.3%) men. The initial stage of glaucoma was detected in 29 eyes, advanced glaucoma in 47 eyes, and advanced glaucoma in 45 eyes. The operation was performed in 42 patients against the background of acute and subacute glaucoma attack. Intraocular pressure level was decreased in 51 eyes (36.4 %) before the planned operation. In the remaining patients the level remained elevated and high. Refraction in patients was mostly hyperopic. Complicated cataract of various degrees was detected in 127 (77,9%) eyes, preoperative visual acuity was 0,01 to 0,8, which averaged 0,31 to 0,09.