Congenital Glaucoma

trabeculotomy in congenital glaucoma

Congenital glaucoma is one of the main causes of blindness in children and is more common in Saudi Arabia than in Western countries, perhaps owing to the prevalence of consanguinity with families. Trabeculotomy has given poorer results in Saudi Arabia than elsewhere. This study compared the results of trabeculotomy (67% success rate) with trabeculectomy (54% success rate), and reports fewer com...

Heredity of congenital glaucoma.

Primary Congenital Glaucoma

Glaucomas of the childhood are devastatinly deceptive in their presentations because of an insidious onset and late recognition. Primary congenital glaucomas (PCG) which serve as a prototype for glaucomas in the young Subtleties of diagnosis may lie in simple symptoms of watering and photophobia. This article is aimed to summarize all common manifestations and basics of surgical treatment, conv...

glaucoma after congenital cataract surgery

purpose: to determine the incidence and risk factors associated with glaucoma following congenital cataract surgery (ccs) in children under age of 15 methods: this prospective cohort (since 2006) consisted of children less than 15 years of age who underwent cataract surgery with or without intraocular lens (iol) implantation. the role of the following factors on the development of glaucoma afte...

Corneal thickness in congenital glaucoma.

Central corneal thickness is very important measurement in glaucoma treatment because it influences the eye pressure measurements. A thinner cornea gives us artifactually lower intraocular pressure and a thicker cornea gives higher intraocular pressure reading, so it has to be corrected in both cases. The aim of this study is to compare central corneal thickness between congenital glaucoma pati...