Primary and Secondary Congenital Glaucoma: Baseline Features From a Registry at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Corrected Proof
Purpose: To compare the demographic and clinical distribution of primary and secondary congenital glaucoma from a registry at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital.Design: Registry-based cohort study.Methods: Review of registry data that included new patients with congenital glaucoma seen between 2001 and 2003 (29 months); analysis of the demographic data and clinical features of primary and secondary congenital glaucoma at presentation.Results: A total of 325 eyes of 180 patients were included. Most patients had primary congenital glaucoma (80%). The mean (± SD) age at presentation for primary congenital glaucoma was 3.8 ± 10.7 months and for secondary congenital glaucoma was 4.3 ± 7.9 months. (Read more...)