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This report reviews results over the last five years of surgery to treat developmental glaucoma in two groups of eyes, those with primary congenital glaucoma (group 1) and those with glaucoma associated with other ocular abnormalities (group 2). Group 1 included six children (11 eyes) aged 1.5 ± 1.9 years at surgery and group 2 included five patients (seven eyes) aged 11.4 ± 10.4 years at surgery. The initial surgery in group 1 was trabeculotomy for nine eyes and goniotomy for two eyes, and in group 2 it was trabeculotomy for five eyes and trabeculectomy with mitomycin C (MMC) for two eyes. Postoperative observation periods were 22.0±3.4 months in group 1 and 24.8±11.2 months in group 2. The success rates for initial surgery were 45% in group 1 and 86% in group 2, and the difference was not statistically significant (chi sup(2) test, p = 0.086). Factors influencing the results of trabeculotomy were a preoperative intraocular pressure of 30 mmHg or more, early perforation, and hyphema. A final intraocular pressure of 20 mmHg or less with or without medical treatment was achieved in nine (81%) of the 11 eyes in group 1 and all (100%) of the seven eyes in group 2. Trabeculectomy with MMC was considered useful for treating glaucoma associated with iridocorneal dysgenesis. LA: Japanese
Dr. H. Katsushima, Department of Ophthalmology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S 1 W 16 Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8543, Japan
9.1.1 Congenital glaucoma, Buphthalmos (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.1 Developmental glaucomas)
12.1 General management, indication (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment)