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Abstract #15647 Published in IGR 2-3
Results of filtering surgery in young patients with aniridia
Okada K; Mishima HK; Masumoto M; Tsumamoto Y; Tsukamoto H; Takamatsu MHiroshima Journal of Medical Sciences 2000; 49: 135-138
To evaluate whether filtering surgery is effective in controlling the intraocular pressure of young aniridic patients with glaucoma, the authors retrospectively reviewed the charts of aniridic patients with glaucoma under the age of 40 years. They defined a good intraocular pressure control period as the time from surgery until IOP exceeded 20 mmHg, with or without glaucoma medication. Twenty filtering surgeries (17 trabeculectomies and three trabeculectomies with mitomycin C) were performed on ten eyes in six patients over more than 20 years. The mean good intraocular pressure control period after the filtering surgery was 14.6 months (range, 2-54 months). Aside from mild choroidal detachment, no other serious complications were encountered. The authors believe that filtering surgery is efficacious for control of intraocular pressure of young aniridic patients with glaucoma.
Dr. K. Okada, Department of Ophthalmology, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
Classification:
9.1.3 Syndromes of Axenfeld, Rieger, Peters, aniridia (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.1 Developmental glaucomas)
12.8.10 Woundhealing antifibrosis (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)
