title: Combined trabeculotomy-trabeculectomy as a first surgical procedure for primary congenital glaucoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Ribeirão Preto Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. lscosta@fmrp.usp.br
authors.forename: Laudo Silva
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Roberta Martins da Silva
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: 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*