Combined trabeculotomy-trabeculectomy as a first surgical procedure for primary congenital glaucoma.
Early surgical results (mean follow-up = 163 days) following combined trabeculotomy-trabeculectomy as a first surgical procedure for 20 consecutive cases in 14 children with primary congenital glaucoma were retrospectively examined. Mean pretreatment intraocular pressure was 25.55 +/- 9.58 mmHg, decreasing to 14.55 +/- 6.15 mmHg following treatment. Primary combined trabeculotomy-trabeculectomy was a useful initial procedure to control intraocular pressure in primary congenital glaucoma.
Costa
Laudo Silva
LS
Department of Ophthalmology, Ribeirão Preto Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. lscosta@fmrp.usp.br
Costa
Roberta Martins da Silva
RM
D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000378:metabolism; D001082:Aqueous Humor / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014130:Trabeculectomy / Q000379:methods*