[Surgical results in congenital glaucoma and in glaucoma in young persons]

The paper analyses results after observation over 38 patients (52 eyes operated on) divided into 2 groups: group I included 19 patients (29 eyes) with primary congenital glaucoma (hydrophthalmos) and group II consisting of 19 patients (23 eyes) with glaucoma associated with congenital anomalies. Trabeculotomy ab externo was made in 16 eyes, sinusotrabeculectomy after Kernz--in 9 cases. Trabeculotomy after Grusha and Sokolovskiĭ was made in 10 eyes, valvar trabeculotomy after Nesterov--in 17 eyes. It is pointed out that as a result of microsurgical operations hypotensive effect was achieved in 90.4% of cases both in immediate and remote terms. The obtained results once again confirm that early diagnosis and timely surgical treatment of hydrophthalmos is a necessary condition for a favourable prognosis of the disease.