[Surgical key points. Trabeculotomy].
Diagnosis and treatment of congenital glaucoma is an emergency. The objective of trabeculotomy is to eliminate the trabecular obstruction by creating a new drainage channel from Schlemm's canal. Performed on distended and fragile eyes, this surgical procedure requires great caution.
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Service d'ophtalmologie, CHU de Huriez, place de Verdun, 59037 Lille cedex.
D002648:Child; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D014130:Trabeculectomy / Q000379:methods*