Visco-Circumferential-Suture-Trabeculotomy Versus Trabeculotomy

Mansoura University51 enrolled

Overview

comparing outcomes of Visco-Circumferential-Suture-Trabeculotomy in primary congenital glaucoma to trabeculotomy

prospective randomized interventional study conducted on infants below the age of 2 years with PCG attending the outpatient clinic of Mansoura Ophthalmic Center of Mansoura University were recruited to compare the long-term surgical outcomes of this proposed technique (VCST) and rigid probe VT in patients with PCG.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Primary Congenital Glaucoma

Interventions

trabeculotomyPROCEDURE

performing partial unroofing of the SC and viscoelastic injection into the 2 ostia of the canal. This was followed by connecting the scalemm canal to the anterior chamber

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMax age: 2 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * infants below the age of 2 years with PCG Exclusion Criteria: * patients older than 2 years on presentation * eyes with previous surgery * eyes with secondary glaucoma * eyes diagnosed as anterior segment dysgenesis syndrome

Locations (1)

Ophthalmic Center

Al Mansurah, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

IOP

intraocular pressure measuring

Time frame: 36 months

Secondary Outcomes

complications

visual devastating complications

Time frame: 36 months months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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