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Abstract #19036 Published in IGR 3-1
Comparative filtering surgery for congenital glaucoma
Sepulveda-Canamar SE; Plaza-Espinosa LRevista Mexicana de Oftalmologia 2000; 74: 195-202
Primary congenital glaucoma treatment is surgical based. Mitomicin C trabeculectomy has been used for primary and secondary treatment after failure of previous surgery. This work shows the ten-year retrospective experience in the authors' hospital. Simple trabeculectomy and sclerectomy procedures are compared. Pre- and postsurgical visual function, intraocular pressure, corneal diameter, and disc excavation were measured. Filtering bleb was also observed. Better intraocular pressure control was found in subjects with mitomicin C utililization than with other surgical procedures, and complications similar to those reported in the literature were found. Mitomicin C trabeculectomy is a safe technique, but a prospective trial is needed for better techniques, statistical understanding, and variable controls. LA: Spanish
Dr. S.E. Sepulveda-Canamar, Hosp. Asoc. Evitar Ceguera Mexico, Calle Vivente Torres 46, Del. Coyoacan C.P. 04030, Mexico
Classification:
9.1.1 Congenital glaucoma, Buphthalmos (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.1 Developmental glaucomas)
