[Treatment of glaucoma in children in congenital pathologic syndromes]

Presented are the results of surgical treatment glaucoma in congenital aniridia (10 eyes), in the syndrome of closed anterior chamber (7 eyes), in Sturge-Weber's syndrome (7 eyes) in marfan's disease (2 eyes), in Lowe's disease (2 eyes) and Recklinghausen's disease (1 eye). Trabeculectomy was performed in this majority of cases; in cleavage syndrome it was connected with cataract extraction. In Marfan's disease with lensectomy of a luxated lens. Cyclocryopexy and cyclodiathermy were applied as secondary surgical interventions. In general--44 operations were performed obtaining normalization of the intraocular pressure in 82% of eyes.