Microcatheter-assisted trabeculotomy may manage primary congenital glaucoma

Illuminated microcatheter-assisted trabeculotomy may be considered as an initial surgical procedure in the treatment of primary congenital glaucoma, according to a study.The prospective randomized trial analyzed 60 eyes of 30 patients who were 2 years old or younger and had bilateral primary congenital glaucoma. Patients underwent illuminated microcatheter-assisted trabeculotomy in one eye (group 1) and combined mitomycin C-augmented trabeculotomy-trabeculectomy in the other eye (group 2).

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