Cyclodialysis with air injection in black patients.

Thirty-two cases are presented in which cyclodialysis with air injections was used to treat glaucoma in black patients. Nineteen of the 32 cases were of aphakic glaucoma and most represented failures of other glaucoma surgery. The success rate was found at 12 months postoperative follow-up to be 75%. Three of 13 eyes with phakic glaucoma developed cataracts. Cyclodialysis may be superior to trabeculectomy for surgical treatment of glaucoma in black patients.