Filtering surgery in childhood glaucoma.
A review of 38 eyes of 24 patients receiving filtration surgery for childhood glaucoma is presented. A total of 54 procedures were performed, including both thermal sclerostomies and trabeculectomies. Successful control of intraocular pressure was obtained in 20 eyes (52%). Average follow-up time was four years, two months. Filtration surgery is seen as a useful technique in the treatment of childhood glaucoma when goniotomy fails. It also is useful in those conditions where the success rate of goniotomy is expected to be low.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery*; D014129:Trabecular Meshwork / Q000601:surgery*