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

Table 5

Summary of GDIs implants surgery in patients with primary congenital glaucoma and secondary glaucoma including: aniridia, peter’s anomaly, neovascular glaucoma, aphakic glaucoma following congenital cataract extraction, microphthalmia glaucoma after trauma, glaucoma following retinal detachment surgery, and juvenile glaucoma.

Years	Author	Type of valve implanted	Eyes	Follow-up	End point	Success rate; %
1997	Eid	Molteno single or double plaits, Soker, Beraveldt	18	47.3 ± 25.1 months	6< IOP <21 mmHg	44.4
2007	Autrata	Molteno or Bearveldt	76	7.1 ± 6.5 yrs	7< IOP <21 mmHg	91 at 1 yr; 82 at 2 yrs; 76 at 3 yrs; 71 at 4 yrs; 67 at 5 yrs
2008	O’malley	Ahmed, Bearveldt, Molteno	79	5.5 yrs (mean)	IOP <21 mmHg	92–90 at 1  yrs; 42–55 after 10 yrs
2009	Al Mobarak	Ahmed	42	11.1 ± 5.5 months	IOP <22 mmHg	73.8 at 1 yr; 63.3 at 2 yrs
2009	Khan	Ahmed	31	11.8 ± 5.6 months	IOP <22 mmHg	90.9 at 2 yrs; 58.4 at 2 yrs

Intraocular pressure (IOP), years (yrs), and millimeters of mercury (mmHg).