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Abstract #13282 Published in IGR 8-1
Newborn primary congenital glaucoma: 2003 Update
Walton DS; Katsavounidou GJournal of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus 2005; 42: 333-341+365-366
BACKGROUND: Newborn primary congenital glaucoma is an unusual and important subtype of primary congenital glaucoma. Affected patients typically manifest specific signs that facilitate its recognition at birth and become important in the assessment and determination of appropriate treatment for this severe expression of primary congenital glaucoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The medical records of 35 to have unfavorable results and be less successful compared with trabeculectomy and glaucoma drainage tube shunts as initial therapy for newborn primary congenital glaucoma. CONCLUSIONS: Newborn primary congenital glaucoma is an important subtype of primary congenital glaucoma. It can be differentiated from the more frequent and familiar infantile type by history and careful anterior segment examinations to enable and support appropriate choices for its successful surgical treatment.
Dr. D.S. Walton, 2 Longfellow Place, Boston, MA 02114-2224, USA
Classification:
9.1.1 Congenital glaucoma, Buphthalmos (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.1 Developmental glaucomas)