The Treatment of Congenital Glaucoma

The treatment of congenital glaucoma.

THIS series comprises foturteen cases, in which 2F') eyes were operated on. The timile over which the eyes were under observation after operation varied from seven years to twxo miontlhs. Tlihree of the cases were reported in a previous coimniunicatioin (M\IcA.revev, 1948); their subsequenit history is now followsed up. As a cause of blindness in eairllife, congenital glaucoma has a high incide...

Heredity of 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...

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...

outcomes of goniotomy in primary congenital glaucoma

purpose: to report the outcomes of goniotomy in young children with primary congenital glaucoma. methods: this retrospective study included 26 eyes of 19 patients with primary congenital glaucoma who underwent goniotomy as the initial procedure. all patients were aged less than 3 years and had no history of previous ocular surgery. the main outcome measures were intraocular pressure (iop), cup/...