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Frequency and predictors of glaucoma after pediatric cataract surgery
1Department of Ophthalmology, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. prabiah@enh.org
Purpose:
To determine the frequency of and identify predictors of chronic glaucoma after pediatric cataract surgery.
Design:
Interventional case series.
Methods:
Retrospective review at an eye hospital identified 570 eyes among 322 patients who underwent limbal-approach surgery without intraocular lens implantation at age
Results:
Mean follow-up was 9.0 +/- 3.1 years (median, 8.1 years; range, 5.0-18.3 years). Glaucoma developed in 118 of 570 patients' eyes (21%), including 101 of 272 (37%) undergoing surgery at
Conclusions:
Chronic glaucoma is common after cataract surgery performed at or before, but not after, a certain age in childhood. The data suggest that this age threshold is 9 months, but a true threshold occurring at a somewhat later age cannot be fully excluded.