Ophthalmic Surg Lasers
July 1998
Background And Objective: To compare the long-term results of filtering surgery using either a limbal-based or fornix-based flap.
Patients And Methods: From 1985 to 1988, 90 eyes of 81 glaucoma patients undergoing filtering surgery were included in a prospective randomized clinical trial. They were alternately operated on with either a limbal-based or fornix-based conjunctival flap.