title: Surgical interventions for primary congenital glaucoma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) manifests within the first few years of a child's life and is not associated with any other systemic or ocular abnormalities. PCG results in considerable morbidity even in developed countries. Several surgical techniques for treating this condition, and lowering the intraocular pressure (IOP) associated with it, have been described.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To compare the effectiveness and safety of different surgical techniques for PCG.
  
  
  METHODS
  We searched CENTRAL (which contains the Cochrane Eyes and Vision Group Trials Register) (The Cochrane Library 2014, Issue 6), Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid MEDLINE In-Process and Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE Daily, Ovid OLDMEDLINE (January 1946 to June 2014), EMBASE (January 1980 to June 2014), (January 1982 to June 2014), PubMed (January 1946 to June 2014), the metaRegister of Controlled Trials (mRCT) (www.controlled-trials.com), ClinicalTrials.gov (www.clinicaltrials.gov), the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) (www.who.int/ictrp/search/en). We did not use any date or language restrictions in the electronic searches for trials. We last searched the electronic databases on 23 June 2014.
  
  
  METHODS
  We included all randomized and quasi-randomized trials in which different types of surgical interventions were compared in children under five years of age with PCG.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used standard methodological procedures specified by The Cochrane Collaboration.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We included a total of six trials (four randomized and two quasi-randomized) with 102 eyes in 61 children. Two trials were conducted in the USA and one trial each in Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. All trials included children aged younger than one year when diagnosed with PCG, and followed them for periods ranging from six months to five years.No two trials compared the same pair of surgical interventions, so we did not perform any meta-analysis. One trial compared trabeculotomy versus goniotomy; a second trial compared combined trabeculectomy-trabeculotomy with mitomycin C versus trabeculectomy-trabeculotomy with mitomycin C and deep sclerectomy; a third trial compared combined trabeculotomy-trabeculectomy versus trabeculotomy; a fourth trial compared one goniotomy versus two goniotomies; a fifth trial compared trabeculotomy versus viscocanalostomy; and the sixth trial compared surgical goniotomy versus neodymium-YAG laser goniotomy. For IOP change and surgical success (defined by IOP achieved), none of the trials reported a difference between pairs of surgical techniques. However, due to the limited sample sizes for all trials (average of 10 children per trial), the evidence as to whether a particular surgical technique is effective and which surgical technique is better still remains uncertain. Adverse events, such as choroidal detachment, shallow anterior chamber and hyphema, were reported from four trials. None of the trials reported quality of life or economic data.These trials were neither designed nor reported well overall. Two trials were quasi-randomized trials and judged to have high risk of selection bias; four trials were at unclear or high risk for performance bias and detection bias; and we judged one trial to have high risk of attrition bias due to high proportions of losses to follow-up. Due to poor study design and reporting, the reliability and applicability of evidence remain unclear.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  No conclusions could be drawn from the trials included in this review due to paucity of data. More research is needed to determine which of the many surgeries performed for PCG are effective.
authors: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985540 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, 68198-5540.
authors: Deepta
authors: D
authors: Ghate
authors: Xue
authors: X
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D020327:Glaucoma Drainage Implants / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery; D014129:Trabecular Meshwork / Q000601:surgery; D014130:Trabeculectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D016685:Mitomycin
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