PURPOSE: To study circumferential trabeculotomy for congenital glaucoma using Glaucolight illuminated microcatheter. Setting: Ophthalmology department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, 61519, El-Minia, Egypt. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized, consecutive interventional study METHODS: This was a prorospective study of 25 eyes of 25 patients with primary congenital or juvenile glaucoma those underwent circumferential trabeculotomy done with an illuminated microcatheter through a period of 24 months. Patients data of 12 months follow-up were recorded. The primary target was mean intraocular pressure (IOP) study in which unqualified (complete success) was defined as an IOP ≤21 mm Hg and at least a 30% reduction without the use of antiglaucoma drugs and a qualified success when medications were used to reach this aim. The secondary target was studding the corneal diameter (CD) and cup disc ratio (C/D) change.
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Intra-ocular pressure
Timeframe: one year