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Revista Cubana de Oftalmología

versión impresa ISSN 0864-2176versión On-line ISSN 1561-3070

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ZOZAYA ALDANA, Beatriz et al. Analysis of the surgical treatment of Glaucoma the City of Havana in 2000. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2008, vol.21, n.2. ISSN 0864-2176.

The importance of any illness depends on its severity and prevalence. In the case of Glaucoma, severity is determined by its natural evolution into blindness, and as for prevalence, it is found in 2 % of the population aged over 40 years. Glaucoma accounts for 10 to 15 % of blindness worldwide and represents the second cause of blindness in developing countries. A retrospective cross-sectional and descriptive study about the surgical treatment of glaucoma in the City of Havana in 2000 was carried out. The medical histories and surgical reports of 1 046 patients operated on by several techniques were reviewed. No difference was found in terms of sex, but Caucasians and 51-70 y age group were predominant. The main type of glaucoma in these surgeries was Simple Chronic Glaucoma; there was less non-serious cases at the time of surgery than at the time of diagnosis. The most frequent cause to decide upon the surgical treatment was lack of control of ocular pressure in spite of the medical treatment, the most used technique was Trabeculectomy and a percentage of surgeries used anti-metabolites. The main complication found was the bule closing. The percentage of re-operated cases was low.

Palabras clave : Glaucoma; surgical treatment.

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