Iftikhar Ahmad, Nida Nadeem, Nahdia Ashraf, Muhammad Ahsen, Zubair Ahmad.
Primary Congenital Glaucome; Outcome Of Trabeculotomy.
Professional Med J Jan ;24(9):1415-9.

Objectives: To determine the outcome of trabeculotomy in patients presenting with primary congenital glaucoma at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan. Design: It was a descriptive case series. Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Department of Ophthalmology, Allied Hospital Faisalabad over 3 years from January 2014 to December 2016. Material and Methods: 45 consecutive children presenting with primary congenital glaucoma were included after written informed consent. These children underwent trabeculotomy. Outcome variable was frequency of successful treatment which was defined as persistent intraocular pressure below 20 mmHg without medication for at least six months and reduction or stabilization of cupping of the optic disc. A predesigned proforma was used to record patient’s demographic details along with outcome variables. Results: The mean age of the patients was 17.47±5.77 months. There were 28 (62.2%) male and 17 (37.8%) female children with a male to female ratio of 1.6:1. It was bilateral in 37 (82.2%) patients. There was significant improvement in the mean intraocular pressure (12.69±2.12 vs. 25.09±4.52 mmHg; p<0.00001), horizontal corneal diameter (11.96±1.49 vs. 14.87±2.03mm; p<0.00001), axial length (20.16±2.51 vs. 20.69±2.37mm; p=0.0002) and cup-disc ratio (0.30±0.15 vs. 0.51±0.19; p<0.00001) from baseline at 6 months follow-up after trabeculotomy. Treatment was successful in 39 (86.7%) patients. There was no significant difference in the frequency of successful treatment across age and gender groups. Conclusion: Trabeculotomy is an easy to perform procedure with high success rate of 86.7% in children with primary congenital glaucoma. The complications observed in the present series were related to surgical skill and technique and were successfully managed.

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