title: Combined trabeculotomy-trabeculectomy compared with primary trabeculectomy for congenital glaucoma.
abstract: This paper aimed to assess the outcome of primary trabeculectomy for congenital glaucoma and to compare it with a combined trabeculotomy-trabeculectomy procedure. The combined procedure was assessed using a prospective trial for children with primary glaucoma under the age of 1 year (n = 16). The primary trabeculectomy was assessed retrospectively using similar patients treated at the same hospital from 1981 to 1990 (n = 44). After 24 months of follow up, the cumulative chance of success of the primary trabeculectomy was 72% and this was compared with the combined procedure of 93.5%. Primary trabeculectomy achieved good intraocular pressure control for up to 10 years. Follow up for the combined procedure ranged from 19 to 27 months. Complications included hyphaema (4/16 and 4/44) and cataract (0/16 and 3/44). Primary trabeculectomy for congenital glaucoma gives adequate long term success with few complications. The combined procedure may have a higher success rate and this requires further investigation.
authors: St John Ophthalmic Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Elder
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014129:Trabecular Meshwork / Q000601:surgery*; D014130:Trabeculectomy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome