Ibrahim Hassan Elabd, Ahmed A Elsayed, Akram Fekry Elgazzar, Ezzeldin Ramadan Ezzeldin, Mohamed Hassanein, Haitham Beshr Soliman, Ashraf Mohammed GadElkareem, Basheer Eltantawy, Mohamed Yahia Omran, Mohamed Gaber Okasha, Hatem Mahmoud, Ahmed Mohammed Madinah Alkady, Mahmoud H Abd Rbu, Hanan Saied Hegazy, Mona N Mansour, Ehab Tharwat
BACKGROUND: The primary mode of therapy in children with primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) and mild or no corneal edema is goniotomy, which has a high success rate. However, in developing countries, the diagnosis of PCG is usually delayed, and corneal cloudiness interferes with goniotomy. Therefore, trabeculotomy may be the best choice in such eyes. We compared the short-term efficacy and safety of primary combined trabeculotomy-trabeculectomy (primary CTT) with that of non-penetrating deep sclerectomy (NPDS) in managing PCG...
2023: Medical Hypothesis, Discovery and Innovation in Ophthalmology