[Gold drainage as a glaucoma operation (author's transl)].

A glaucoma operation is described in which a piece of gold leaf 0.05 mm thick, 1.5 mm wide and 4 mm long is laid into a trepanation opening or into an anterior chamber angle incision after preparation of a scleral flap. The tendency of rejecting of large gold leaves was considerable. A diverticulum of the anterior chamber formed round all gold leaves through the scarred walls of which a reasonable regulation of pressure by drainage of the aqueous was apparently not possible. A real wick or drainage effect was not seen in any case.