[Cataract surgery in primary open angle glaucoma].

Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol

Service d'Ophtalmologie C.H.U. Sart-Tilman B-4000 Liège.

Published: April 2001

Cataract surgery has a moderate lowering effect on the intraocular pressure. When glaucoma seems controlled by medication, phacoemulsification gives a chance of improving the situation. Those eyes are most likely to get an intraocular pressure rise by retention of visco-elastic substance.

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