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Glaucoma del desarrollo: diagnóstico, tratamiento quirúrgico y seguimiento integral / Growth glaucoma: diagnosis, surgical treatment, and comprehensive follow-up
Pérez Díaz, Leonardo; Nápoles García, Ana Dianela.
  • Pérez Díaz, Leonardo; Hospital Infantil Sur. Santiago de Cuba. CU
  • Nápoles García, Ana Dianela; Hospital Infantil Sur. Santiago de Cuba. CU
Medisan ; 15(8)ago. 2011. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-616341
RESUMEN
Se realizó un estudio descriptivo y longitudinal de 53 pacientes de 0-19 años de edad, con glaucoma del desarrollo, operados mediante trabeculectomía en el Servicio de Oftalmología del Hospital Infantil Sur de Santiago de Cuba desde 1999 hasta 2010, para lo cual se determinaron las características generales del diagnóstico, tratamiento quirúrgico y seguimiento médico integral, este último nunca inferior a un lustro después de la intervención. Se tomaron en cuenta desde los primeros síntomas referidos hasta la rehabilitación óptica y se compararon los resultados de la técnica en todos los integrantes de la casuística, de donde se derivó que fue efectiva en 69,0 por ciento de ellos. También se proporcionan otros datos clínicos y sobre la atención brindada a los niños y adolescentes que padecían la enfermedad.
ABSTRACT
A descriptive and longitudinal study of 53 patients aged between 0 and 19 years old with growth glaucoma surgically treated through trabeculectomy at Ophthalmology Service from the Southern Children Hospital in Santiago de Cuba was carried out from 1999 to 2010. General characteristics of diagnosis, surgical treatment, and comprehensive follow-up were determined. The latter was never lower than a lustrum after the intervention. First symptoms referred to optical rehabilitation were taken into account. Results of this technique applied in all the members of the case material were compared, from which it was derived that this technique was effective in 69,0 percent of them. Furthermore, other clinical data as well as some related to the health care offered to children and teenagers undergoing this sickness are provided.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Secondary Care / Trabeculectomy / Glaucoma / Eye Diseases Type of study: Diagnostic study / Observational study Limits: Child / Female / Humans / Male Language: Spanish Journal: Medisan Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2011 Type: Article Affiliation country: Cuba Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital Infantil Sur/CU

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Secondary Care / Trabeculectomy / Glaucoma / Eye Diseases Type of study: Diagnostic study / Observational study Limits: Child / Female / Humans / Male Language: Spanish Journal: Medisan Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2011 Type: Article Affiliation country: Cuba Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital Infantil Sur/CU