ALGORITHM FOR MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN AFTER ANTI-GLAUCOMATOSUS SURGERY

Abstract

The prevalence of glaucoma in children is 1:10000-1:12000. In the structure of blindness in children, the proportion of the pathology under consideration ranges from 2 to 15 %.The goal of surgical treatment of glaucoma is to achieve the target elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) without the use of medications. Early complications include shallow anterior chamber syndrome, hyphema, ciliochoroidal detachment, excessive hypotension and hypertension. The probability of these complications is quite high: according to some data it can reach 50 %, which shows the relevance of this problem. Aims. To study the frequency and nature of early postoperative complications and to analyze the results of treatment in children with primary congenital glaucoma. Material and methods. The total number of children was 50 (91 eyes) who underwent anti-glaucomatous surgery and early postoperative complications were revealed. Results. Analysis of the structure of early postoperative complications after anti-glaucoma surgery showed that on the fi rst day, the total number of patients with complications was 61.54 %. On the third day, the total number of patients with complications decreased to 39.56 %. Of these patients, the largest number were patients with hypotension with CCO 32.97 %, hyphema was –19.78 % in the early postoperative period and ophthalmohypertension was –17.58 %.On the seventh day, the number of complications was 9.9 % of patients who were recommended to continue conservative treatment in inpatient conditions. Conclusion. In the early postoperative period after conservative treatment, the number of complications decreased to 90.1 %. None of these patients required repeat surgery. Patients were discharged home under the supervision of a local ophthalmologist.

Keywords

• Primary Congenital Glaucoma; Anti-glaucomatous surgery; Early Postoperative Complications