360 degrees trabeculotomy for primary congenital glaucoma
A. D. Beck and M. G. Lynch
Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga, USA.
We have refined a technique for performing 360 degrees trabeculotomy in a
single procedure using a 6-0 polypropylene (Prolene) suture fragment and
have used it in 15 patients (26 eyes) with primary congenital glaucoma. The
refined technique can be performed via a single nasal surgical site. This
procedure avoids many of the difficulties encountered with metal
trabeculotomes and preserves conjunctiva should further glaucoma surgery be
necessary.
