Pediatric Glaucoma: A Literature’s Review and Analysis of Surgical Results

Table 3

Summary of trabeculectomy surgery in primary congenital glaucoma and secondary glaucoma including: aphakia, aniridia, juvenile open angle glaucoma, uveitis, and Sturge-Weber syndrome.

Years	Author	Surgical technique	Eyes	Follow-up	End point	Success rate; %
1999	Freedman	Mmc trabeculectomy postoperative 5 FU or suture lysis	21	23 months	4< IOP >16 mmHg	52.4
2000	Snir	Trabeculectomy; 5 FU or MMC plus postoperative 5 FU	12	25.8 ± 12.2 months	IOP <20 mmHg	58.3
2008	Giampani	MMC trabeculectomy	114	61.2 ± 26.1 months	5< IOP <21 mmHg	55.26

Intraocular pressure (IOP), millimeters of mercury (mmHg), years (yrs), mitomycin C (MMC), and 5 fluorouracile (5-FU).
MMC 0.4 mg/mL for 3 minutes.