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Adverse effects involving one or more organ systems occurred in 38 of 165 patients with various types of glaucoma when timolol was added to their glaucoma therapy. It was necessary to discontinue timolol because of these side effects in 15 (9%) of the patients. Double-masked studies will be necessary to clarify the relationship of these adverse effects to the use of timolol.
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Forty-one procedures were performed to revise malfunctioning filtering blebs in 37 eyes. Thirty-two procedures were undertaken on underfiltering blebs, seven on overfiltering blebs, and two on normally functioning but otherwise unsatisfactory blebs. Revision procedures were successful in 24 of 32 underfiltering blebs, four of seven overfiltering blebs, and one of two normally functioning but unsatisfactory blebs.
B-scan ultrasonography was used to evaluate advance glaucomatous cupping of the optic disk (0.7 cup/disk ratio or greater) in one normal subject and six patients with glaucoma. The normal eye emitted a continuous echo from the posterior pole, which conformed to its mild degree of concavity. The glaucomatous eyes emitted echos from the posterior pole, demonstrating the more extreme concavity of the optic cup. Ultrasonographic evaluation of an acrylic plate containing holes of known diameter demonstrated the limits of resolution and artifacts that resulted from this examination.
During 320 anesthesias, 401 goniotomies were performed and are here reviewed. Significant complications were cardiopulmonary arrest (1.8%) and postoperative hemorrhage (0.5%). Useful vision was lost in one case (0.2%). No complications could be attributed to operating on both eyes during the same anesthesia. The authors believe that both eyes should be operated on during the same anesthesia when bilateral goniotomy is indicated.