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KMID : 0360220090500050743
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Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2009 Volume.50 No. 5 p.743 ~ p.748
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Visual Outcome in Children With Congenital Glaucoma
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Jang Min-Wook
Kim Yong-Yeon
Kim Seung-Hyun
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Abstract
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Purpose: To evaluate the prognosis of vision and the development of amblyopia in primary congenital glaucoma patients.
Methods: The author reviewed 38 eyes of 22 primary congenital glaucoma patients and evaluated variables such as age at time of surgery and at the last visit, preoperative IOP, Cup-to-disc(CD) ratio, corneal diameter, refractive error, axial lengths and IOP, CD ratio and visual acuity at the last visit. According to visual acuity, the patients were divided into 3 groups, good (＞0.5), fair (0.1~0.5), and poor (＜0.1). The amblyopia was defined when BCVA was below 0.8 and no evidence of progression of glaucoma. There were 4 types of amblyopia: deprivation, anisometropic, strabismic and organic. The author compared the 3 groups and evaluated factors affecting the vision as well as the prevalence of amblyopia.
Results: There were 17 eyes in the good group, 4 eyes in the fair group and 17 eyes in the poor group (p＜0.05). Amblyopia developed in 17 eyes with 7 eyes showing deprivation amblyopia. Anisometropic and organic amblyopia were each found in 4 eyes, and strabismic amblyopia was found in 2 eyes. The postoperative IOP and CD ratio and preoperative CD ratio were significantly lower in the good group than the other groups (p＜0.05).
Conclusions: Final VA was poor in 45% of eyes with primary congenital glaucoma, and amblyopia developed in 45% of these eyes. The prognosis for vision may be related to the treatment of glaucoma and amblyopia.
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KEYWORD
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Amblyopia, CD ratio, IOP, Primary congenital glaucoma, Visual acuity
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