Failure of Goniosurgery for Glaucoma Associated With Sturge-Weber Syndrome. 2020

Helen H Yeung, and Steven A Kane, and Namratha Turlapati, and Jane Song Nzuna, and David S Walton

OBJECTIVE To report the surgical results of goniosurgery for children with glaucoma associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome. METHODS Retrospective review of medical records of patients who had initial goniosurgery for glaucoma associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome. RESULTS A total of 46 eyes of 42 patients who had glaucoma associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome and were treated with initial goniosurgery were identified to determine the efficacy of therapeutic goniotomy and trabeculotomy (goniosurgery). The average age at the time of goniosurgery was 1.5 years (range: 1 month to 23 years). Office intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements before goniosurgery were recorded in 76% of patients (32 of 42 patients) with an average measurement of 35 mm Hg (range: 25 to 50 mm Hg). The average interval to failure was 4 months (range: 1 to 48 months). Forty-six eyes underwent goniosurgery with a rate of failure of 98% (45 of 46 eyes) and a qualified success rate of 2% (1 of 46 eyes). Fifty-one goniotomy and 11 trabeculotomy procedures were performed. On gonioscopy, the filtration angles were all abnormal with variable width and visibility of the ciliary body band and less visible scleral spur. The trabecular meshwork was seen preoperatively in 100% of eyes (41 of 41 eyes) examined, all of which underwent goniosurgery. Five eyes underwent goniosurgery without documented gonioscopy. The ciliary body band was seen in 39% of eyes (16 of 41 eyes) and the scleral spur was visible in 10% of eyes (4 of 41 eyes). CONCLUSIONS Goniosurgery is not an effective initial glaucoma surgery for glaucoma associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome. It can be used to temporize the IOP, but ultimately other forms of glaucoma surgery must be considered when indicated. [J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2020;57(6):384-387.].

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007429 Intraocular Pressure The pressure of the fluids in the eye. Ocular Tension,Intraocular Pressures,Ocular Tensions,Pressure, Intraocular,Pressures, Intraocular,Tension, Ocular,Tensions, Ocular
D008297 Male Males
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260 Female Females
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D005901 Glaucoma An ocular disease, occurring in many forms, having as its primary characteristics an unstable or a sustained increase in the intraocular pressure which the eye cannot withstand without damage to its structure or impairment of its function. The consequences of the increased pressure may be manifested in a variety of symptoms, depending upon type and severity, such as excavation of the optic disk, hardness of the eyeball, corneal anesthesia, reduced visual acuity, seeing of colored halos around lights, disturbed dark adaptation, visual field defects, and headaches. (Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed) Glaucomas
D006068 Gonioscopy Examination of the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye with a specialized optical instrument (gonioscope) or a contact prism lens. Gonioscopies

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