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LANDIN SORI, Matilde; LOPEZ PEREZ, Grabiel Ricardo  y  RODRIGUEZ BENCOMO, Dania De Jesús. Clinical epidemic behavior of the neovascular glaucoma in a glaucoma service. AMC [online]. 2009, vol.13, n.3, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1025-0255.

Background: Among the ocular diseases, glaucoma is considered among those that more changes have suffered in many of its varied aspects with the course of the years. Objective: To describe the clinical epidemic behavior of the neovascular glaucoma in the Glaucoma Service at the Ophthalmologic Center "Carlos J. Finlay" of Camagüey province. Method: A descriptive, longitudinal and retrospective study was conducted to determine the clinical epidemic behavior of the neovascular glaucoma in patients attended in the Glaucoma Service at the Ophthalmologic Center "Carlos J. Finlay" of Camagüey province from January 1st, 2006 to October 31st, 2007. The universe was constituted by sixty patients and the sample was conformed by fifty-two of them. The studied variables were: age groups, sex, skin color, general personal pathological antecedents, ocular personal pathological antecedents, symptoms, signs and visual acuity and treatment variants in each patient. Results: A total of fifty-two patients with neovascular glaucoma were found. The age group of more than 60 years, the masculine sex and the white race prevailed. Diabetes mellitus as general personal pathological antecedent and diabetic retinopathy as ocular pathological antecedent predominated. Conclusions: The neovascular glaucoma occupies an important place in ophthalmology, if it is take into account its ocular fatal consequences; the description of its characteristics is exposed.

Palabras clave : Intraocular pressure; rubeosis iridis; panretinal photocoagulation; cyclodestructive procedures; trabeculectomy.

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