Options in pediatric glaucoma after angle surgery has failed

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 132-137

  Tanimoto, Suzana A ^a,b   Brandt, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Complications; Cyclophotocoagulation; Drainage devices; Glaucoma; Outcomes; Pediatric glaucoma; Surgery; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; DEVICE; DIODE LASER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRAIN; EYE SURGERY; FILTERING OPERATION; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFECTION; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; LASER COAGULATION; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REVIEW; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CILIARY BODY; FILTERING SURGERY; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; INFANT; LASER COAGULATION; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33646920602     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icu.0000193091.60185.27     Document Type: Review

References (50)

1. Anderson DR. Trabeculotomy compared to goniotomy for glaucoma in children. Ophthalmology 1983; 90:805-806.
2. McPherson SD Jr. Berry DP. Goniotomy vs external trabeculotomy for developmental glaucoma. Am J Ophthalmol 1983; 95:427-431.
3. Debnath SC, Teichmann KD, Salamah K. Trabeculectomy versus trabeculotomy in congenital glaucoma. Br J Ophthalmol 1989; 73:608-611.
4. Elder MJ. Congenital glaucoma in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Br J Ophthalmol 1993; 77:413-416.
5. Al-Hazmi A, Awad A, Zwaan J, et al. Correlation between surgical success rate and severity of congenital glaucoma. Br J Ophthalmol 2005; 89:449-453. An important retrospective study of a large (820) cohort of patients with primary congenital glaucoma correlating severity at presentation with surgical outcome.
6. Fulcher T, Chan J, Lanigan B, et al. Long-term follow up of primary trabeculectomy for infantile glaucoma. Br J Ophthalmol 1996; 80:499-502.
7. Sturmer J, Broadway DC, Hitchings RA. Young patient trabeculectomy. Assessment of risk factors for failure. Ophthalmology 1993; 100:928-939.
8. Whiteside-Michel J, Liebmann JM, Ritch R. Initial 5-fluorouracil trabeculectomy in young patients. Ophthalmology 1992; 99:7-13.
9. Sidoti PA, Belmonte SJ, Liebmann JM, et al. Trabeculectomy with mitomycin-C in the treatment of pediatric glaucomas. Ophthalmology 2000; 107:422-429.
10. Beauchamp GR, Parks MM. Filtering surgery in children: barriers to success. Ophthalmology 1979; 86:170-180.
11. al-Hazmi A, Zwaan J, Awad A, et al. Effectiveness and complications of mitomycin C use during pediatric glaucoma surgery. Ophthalmology 1998; 105:1915-1920.
12. Mandal AK, Prasad K, Naduvilath TJ. Surgical results and complications of mitomycin C-augmented trabeculectomy in refractory developmental glaucoma. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers 1999; 30:473-480.
13. Susanna R Jr. Nicolela MT, Takahashi WY. Mitomycin C as adjunctive therapy with glaucoma implant surgery. Ophthalmic Surg 1994; 25:458-462.
14. Gressel MG, Heuer DK, Parrish RK 2nd. Trabeculectomy in young patients. Ophthalmology 1984; 91:1242-1246.
15. Mandal AK, Walton DS, John T, et al. Mitomycin C-augmented trabeculectomy in refractory congenital glaucoma. Ophthalmology 1997; 104:996-1001 (discussion 1002-1003).
16. Azuara-Blanco A, Wilson RP, Spaeth GL, et al. Filtration procedures supplemented with mitomycin C in the management of childhood glaucoma. Br J Ophthalmol 1999; 83:151-156.
17. Agarwal HC, Sood NN, Sihota R, et al. Mitomycin-C in congenital glaucoma. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers 1997; 28:979-985.
18. Beck AD, Wilson WR, Lynch MG, et al. Trabeculectomy with adjunctive mitomycin C in pediatric glaucoma. Am J Ophthalmol 1998; 126:648-657.
19. Freedman SF, McCormick K, Cox TA. Mitomycin C-augmented trabeculectomy with postoperative wound modulation in pediatric glaucoma. J AAPOS 1999; 3:117-124.
20. Waheed S, Ritterband DC, Greenfield DS, et al. Bleb-related ocular infection in children after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C. Ophthalmology 1997; 104:2117-2120.
21. Rodrigues AM, Junior AP, Montezano FT, et al. Comparison between results of trabeculectomy in primary congenital glaucoma with and without the use of mitomycin C. J Glaucoma 2004; 13:228-232. A retrospective study suggesting a limited if any benefit of MMC use in primary congenital glaucoma.
22. Ozkiris A, Tamcelik N. Long-term results of trabeculectomy with different concentrations of mitomycin C in refractory developmental glaucoma. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 2005; 42:97-102.
23. Molteno AC. New implant for drainage in glaucoma. Clinical trial. Br J Ophthalmol 1969; 53:606-615.
24. Beck AD, Freedman S, Kammer J, et al. Aqueous shunt devices compared with trabeculectomy with mitomycin-C for children in the first two years of life. Am J Ophthalmol 2003; 136:994-1000.
25. Hill R, Ohanesian R, Voskanyan L, et al. The Armenian Eye Care Project: surgical outcomes of complicated paediatric glaucoma. Br J Ophthalmol 2003; 87:673-676.
26. Wilson MR, Mendis U, Smith SD, et al. Ahmed glaucoma valve implant vs trabeculectomy in the surgical treatment of glaucoma: a randomized clinical trial. Am J Ophthalmol 2000; 130:267-273.
27. Ishida K, Mandal AK, Netland PA. Glaucoma drainage implants in pediatric patients. Ophthalmol Clin North Am 2005; 18:431-442 (vii). A comprehensive review of GDD use in pediatric patients.
28. Ayyala RS, Zurakowski D, Monshizadeh R, et al. Comparison of double-plate Molteno and Ahmed glaucoma valve in patients with advanced uncontrolled glaucoma. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers 2002; 33:94-101.
29. Budenz DL, Gedde SJ, Brandt JD, et al. Baerveldt glaucoma implant in the management of refractory childhood glaucomas. Ophthalmology 2004; 111:2204-2210. A large series of pediatric patients with the BGI.
30. Rolim de Moura C, Fraser-Bell S, Stout A, et al. Experience with the Baerveldt glaucoma implant in the management of pediatric glaucoma. Am J Ophthalmol 2005; 139:847-854. A large series of pediatric patients with the BGI.
31. Costa VP, Azuara-Blanco A, Netland PA, et al. Efficacy and safety of adjunctive mitomycin C during Ahmed Glaucoma Valve implantation: a prospective randomized clinical trial. Ophthalmology 2004; 111:1071-1076.
32. Heuer DK, Lloyd MA, Abrams DA, et al. Which is better? One or two? A randomized clinical trial of single-plate versus double-plate Molteno implantation for glaucomas in aphakic and pseudophakia. Ophthalmology 1992; 99:1512-1519.
33. 2 Baerveldt implant: longer term results: is bigger better? Ophthalmology 1999; 106:2312-2318.
34. Hong CH, Arosemena A, Zurakowski D, et al. Glaucoma drainage devices: a systematic literature review and current controversies. Surv Ophthalmol 2005; 50:48-60. A very thorough systematic review of the GDD literature and an objective discussion of current controversies.
35. Englert JA, Freedman SF, Cox TA. The Ahmed valve in refractory pediatric glaucoma. Am J Ophthalmol 1999; 127:34-42.
36. Morad Y, Donaldson CE, Kim YM, et al. The Ahmed drainage implant in the treatment of pediatric glaucoma. Am J Ophthalmol 2003; 135:821-829.
37. Munoz M, Tomey KF, Traverso C, et al. Clinical experience with the Molteno implant in advanced infantile glaucoma. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 1991; 28:68-72.
38. al Faran MF, Tomey KF, al Mutlaq FA. Cyclocryotherapy in selected cases of congenital glaucoma. Ophthalmic Surg 1990; 21:794-798.
39. Wagle NS, Freedman SF, Buckley EG, et al. Long-term outcome of cyclocryotherapy for refractory pediatric glaucoma. Ophthalmology 1998; 105:1921-1926 (discussion 1926-1927).
40. Bellows AR, Grant WM. Cyclocryotherapy in advanced inadequately controlled glaucoma. Am J Ophthalmol 1973; 75:679-684.
41. Benson MT, Nelson ME. Cyclocryotherapy: a review of cases over a 10-year period. Br J Ophthalmol 1990; 74:103-105.
42. Brindley G, Shields MB. Value and limitations of cyclocryotherapy. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 1986; 224:545-548.
43. Shields MB. Cyclodestructive surgery for glaucoma: past, present, and future. Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 1985; 83:285-303.
44. Bock CJ, Freedman SF, Buckley EG, et al. Transscleral diode laser cyclophotocoagulation for refractory pediatric glaucomas. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 1997; 34:235-239.
45. Phelan MJ, Higginbotham EJ. Contact transscleral Nd:YAG laser cyclophotocoagulation for the treatment of refractory pediatric glaucoma. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers 1995; 26:401-403.
46. Kirwan JF, Shah P, Khaw PT. Diode laser cyclophotocoagulation: role in the management of refractory pediatric glaucomas. Ophthalmology 2002; 109:316-323.
47. Neely DE, Plager DA. Endocyclophotocoagulation for management of difficult pediatric glaucomas. J AAPOS 2001; 5:221-229.
48. Wellemeyer ML, Price FW Jr. Molteno implants in patients with previous cyclocryotherapy. Ophthalmic Surg 1993; 24:395-398.
49. Djodeyre MR, Peralta Calvo J, Abelairas Gomez J. Clinical evaluation and risk factors of time to failure of Ahmed Glaucoma Valve implant in pediatric patients. Ophthalmology 2001; 108:614-620.
50. Pereira ML, Araujo SV, Wilson RP, et al. Aqueous shunts for intractable glaucoma in infants. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers 2002; 33:19-29.