title: 360 degrees trabeculotomy for primary congenital glaucoma.
abstract: We have refined a technique for performing 360 degrees trabeculotomy in a single procedure using a 6-0 polypropylene (Prolene) suture fragment and have used it in 15 patients (26 eyes) with primary congenital glaucoma. The refined technique can be performed via a single nasal surgical site. This procedure avoids many of the difficulties encountered with metal trabeculotomes and preserves conjunctiva should further glaucoma surgery be necessary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga, USA.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Lynch
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008297:Male; D011126:Polypropylenes; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014130:Trabeculectomy / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D011126:Polypropylenes