Modified trabeculectomy: a new procedure for neovascular glaucoma.

A new surgical procedure has been described specifically for neovascular glaucoma with residual visual function. The procedure included excision of a large trabecular segment under a limbal-based scleral flap, partial non-penetrating cyclodiathermy, and partial ablation of abnormal iris vessels followed by a wide sector iridectomy. The preliminary results in five eyes with advanced neovascular glaucoma were encouraging.