Results of the Susanna implant in patients with refractory primary congenital glaucoma.

Purpose: To evaluate the results of the Susanna implant in children with primary congenital glaucoma.

Patients And Methods: The authors report a retrospective noncomparative interventional case series of data from 24 eyes from 24 pediatric patients who underwent Susanna implant surgery for primary congenital glaucoma. All the patients were operated by the same surgeon.

Comparison between results of trabeculectomy in primary congenital glaucoma with and without the use of mitomycin C.

Purpose: To evaluate the results of trabeculectomy with and without the use of mitomycin C in children with primary congenital glaucoma.

Methods: The authors retrospectively studied the data of 91 patients who underwent the first trabeculectomy for primary congenital glaucoma, with 19 years of follow-up. Success criteria were set with two distinct values of intraocular pressure: lower or equal to 15 mm Hg or lower than 21 mm Hg and separately analyzed.