Experiences in Surgical Treatment of Haemorrhagic Glaucoma

Treatment of the fully developed haemorrhagic glaucoma is difficult. Surveys of the most commonly used methods of treatment have recently been published by Krüger (1963), Müller‐Jensen (1965), and Ohrt (1967). Miotics, adrenaline, and Diamox are usually ineffective. Retrobulbar injection of alcohol results in satisfactory, but often transient relief of pain. The common filtering operations should scarely be used because of the great risk of haemorrhage from the many large vessels on the iris and in the chamber angle. The best operations seem to be cyclodiathermy, cyclocryothermy, or filtering operation with electrocoagulation of iris and sclera by the methods of Preziosi (1924), or Ellis, Thompson & Tyner (1962). In the present paper the long‐term results after filtering operation with electrocoagulation are presented.