From: Childhood glaucoma profile in a Southwestern Ethiopia tertiary care center: a retrospective study
All Childhood Glaucoma Eyes | PCG Eyes | JOAG Eyes | Secondary Childhood Glaucoma Eyes | Glaucoma Suspect Eyes | ||||||
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No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | |
Surgery | 79 | 43.6 | 71 | 93.4 | 7 | 25.0 | - | - | - | - |
Medication/no surgery | 72 | 39.8 | 5 | 6.6 | 19 | 67.8 | 36 | 97.3 | 12 | 30.0 |
No treatment | 29 | 16.0 | - | - | 1 | 3.6 | 1 | 2.7 | 28 | 70.0 |
No treatment recorded | 1 | 0.6 | - | - | 1 | 3.6 | - | - | - | - |
Total eyes | 181 | 76 | 28 | 37 | 40 | |||||
Eyes treated with medication before surgery | 74 | 93.7 | 67 | 94.4 | 7 | 100.0 | - | - | - | - |
No. of medications before surgery | ||||||||||
Mean | 1.99 | 2.04 | 2.42 | 1.86 | 1.17 | |||||
SD | 0.85 | 0.59 | 1.10 | 0.99 | 0.39 | |||||
Types of medication before surgery* | ||||||||||
Beta-blocker | 142 | 97.3 | 72 | 100.0 | 22 | 84.6 | 36 | 100.0 | 12 | 100.0 |
Prostaglandin analogue | 32 | 21.9 | 10 | 13.9 | 13 | 50.0 | 9 | 25.0 | - | - |
Alpha agonist | 2 | 1.4 | - | - | 2 | 7.7 | - | - | - | - |
Topical CAI | 35 | 24.0 | 10 | 13.9 | 10 | 38.5 | 15 | 41.7 | - | - |
Oral CAI | 80 | 54.8 | 55 | 76.4 | 16 | 61.5 | 7 | 19.4 | 2 | 16.7 |
Days from baseline visit to first Surgery | ||||||||||
Up to 1 week | 38 | 48.1 | 37 | 52.1 | 1 | 14.3 | - | - | - | - |
Up to 2 weeks | 61 | 77.2 | 58 | 81.7 | 2 | 28.6 | - | - | 1 | 100.0 |
Up to 4 weeks | 67 | 84.8 | 64 | 90.1 | 2 | 28.6 | - | - | ||
Mean | 28.41 | 17.93 | 137.29 | - | 10.00 | |||||
SD | 85.57 | 30.53 | 262.90 | - | - | |||||
No. of glaucoma surgeries per eye | ||||||||||
1 | 56 | 70.9 | 48 | 67.6 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 100.00 | |
2 | 21 | 26.6 | 21 | 29.6 | - | - | - | |||
3 | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 1.4 | - | - | - | |||
4 | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 1.4 | - | - | ||||
Mean | 1.33 | 1.37 | 1.00 | - | ||||||
SD | 0.57 | 0.59 | 0.00 | - |