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Trabeculectomia com mitomicina C em pacientes com glaucoma congênito refratário

Authors :
Nassim Calixto
Daniel Vítor Vasconcelos Santos
Heloisa Andrade Maestrini
Sebastião Cronemberger
Ana Cláudia Monteiro Oliveira
Luís Felipe Fornaciari Ramos
Source :
Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia v.67 n.3 2004, Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia, Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia (CBO), instacron:CBO
Publication Year :
2004
Publisher :
FapUNIFESP (SciELO), 2004.

Abstract

PURPOSE: To describe the results of mitomycin-C (MMC) in refractory congenital glaucoma surgery. METHODS: Fourty-four eyes of 30 patients with refractory primary congenital glaucoma submitted to trabeculectomy with MMC (0.5 mg/ml for 5 minutes) between 1993 and 2002 at the Sao Geraldo Eye Hospital/HC-UFMG were retrospectively studied, through review of medical records with a minimum follow-up of six months. RESULTS: The mean intraocular pressure (IOP) under antiglaucomatous medication was reduced from 21.7±7.2 to 12.2± 6.8 mmHg at a mean follow-up of 42.8 months (p

Details

ISSN :
00042749
Volume :
67
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....916a361c68d785be48a1abc2b7444dc6
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1590/s0004-27492004000300020