Table 3.
Preoperative and end of follow up indices in 17 children (29 eyes) with glaucoma
| Indices, preoperative | |
| IOP | |
| Range | 21–60 mm Hg |
| Mean (SD) | 33.1 (10) mm Hg |
| Cup/disc ratio | |
| Range | 0.1–0.8 |
| Mean (SD) | 0.42 (0.26) |
| Axial length (recorded in 11 eyes) | |
| Range | 17–26 mm |
| Mean (SD) | 22.38 (2.43) mm |
| Corneal diameter (recorded in 23 eyes) | |
| Range | 11–14.5 mm |
| Mean (SD) | 12.7 (1.2) mm |
| Postoperative treatment | |
| Repeated surgery (1–3 procedures) | 7 eyes (24.1%) |
| Repeated 5-FU injection | 8 eyes (27.5%) |
| Diode laser | 2 eyes (6.8%) |
| Topical | 13 eyes (44.8%) |
| Indices, end of follow up | |
| IOP | |
| Range | 6–26 mm Hg |
| Mean (SD) | 17.1 (6.0) mm Hg |
| Cup/disc ratio | |
| Range | 0.1–1.0 |
| Mean (SD) | 0.511 (0.27) |
| Refraction (SE) | |
| Hypermetropia | 14 eyes (48.2%) |
| Myopia | 7 eyes (24.1%) |
| Anisometriopia (>2D) | 5 patients (29.4%) |
| Visual acuity (20/20–no light perception) | 14 eyes (>20/120) |
| Complications | |
| Endophthalmitis (after Ahmed shunt) | 1 eye (3.4%) |
| Retinal detachment + phthisis bulbi | 1 eye (3.4%) |
| Choroidal detachment | 1 eye (3.4%) |
| Blebitis | 1 eye (3.4%) |
| Corneal abscess in contact lens wearer | 1 eye (3.4%) |
| Thinning of bleb | 1 eye (3.4%) |