AIM: To analyze and summarize the effect of glaucoma trabeculectomy in the department of ophthalmology in basic hospital.

METHODS: Postoperative intraocular pressure(IOP), filtering bleb and complications of 316 cases(405 eyes)of patients with glaucoma after trabeculectomy were analyzed.

RESULTS: After follow-up 12mo, 76.5% IOP was controlled in normal level. 42.5% was filtration bleb typeⅠ, 33.1% type Ⅱ, 14.6% in type Ⅲ and 9.9% in type Ⅳ. Intraoperative complication rate was 2.5%, that was 31.4% at postoperative early stage(before discharge), and 6.7% at postoperative long-term(6mo after discharge).

CONCLUSION: Trabeculectomy for glaucoma can better solve the problem of high IOP. It is more mature in primary hospitals, but there are still a variety of intraoperative and postoperative complications.