Table of Contents - WOC 2012

Free Paper: Glaucoma
Thu 16 Feb 9:00 - 10:30 Conference Room A2
FP-GLA-TH 07 (1)
Efficacy and Safety of Deep Sclerectomy in Childhood Glaucoma
Al Obeidan Saleh (1) , Osman Essam (1) , Mousa Ahmed (1)
1. King Saud University
Purpose: To assess the outcome of deep sclerectomy with mitomycin C and
implant in childhood glaucoma.
Methods: 95 eyes of 78 patients with childhood glaucoma underwent deep
sclerectomy with mitomycin C and implant. Twenty-six eyes were excluded
because of macro perforation and converted to penetrating deep sclerectomy.
Complete success was defined as achieving intraocular pressure (IOP) ? 21
mmHg without medications under sedation with chloral hydrate.
Results: After a mean follow-up of 39.5 (34), thirty-three (79.3%) eyes were
classified as complete success. A Kaplan-Meier cumulative survival curve
shows that the proportions of eyes with controlled IOP after 3,5,7,8 and
12 months of follow up were 86.4%, 81.8%, 77.3%, 72.7% and 67.5,%
respectively. The mean (± SD) IOP decreased from: 32.1(8.1) mmHg to
15.3(4.4) mmHg (p