TITLE:
Childhood Glaucoma: An Overview
AUTHORS:
Parul Singh, Yogesh Kumar, Manoj Tyagi, Krishna Kuldeep, Parmeshwari Das Sharma
KEYWORDS:
Childhood Glaucoma; Goniotomy; Trabeculotomy
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Ophthalmology,
Vol.2 No.3,
August
24,
2012
ABSTRACT: Several types of childhood glaucoma exist, and the terminology is based on the time of onset of disease and its potential cause. Though childhood glaucoma occurs less commonly than adults but can lead to permanent visual damage due to amblyopia, optic neuropathy or refractive error. A detailed evaluation should be done to establish diagnosis. Medical therapy has a limited role and surgery remains main modality for treatment. Childhood glaucoma is a treatable disease, if early diagnosis is established and therapeutic intervention done in time. In children with low vision efforts should be there to maintain residual vision and visual rehabilitation with low vision aids should be done.