Surgical success rates in childhood glaucoma: Conventional probe trabeculotomy versus microcatheter-assisted 360°trabeculotomy

这项研究是一项前瞻性、随机、对照和多中心的试验，比较了微导管辅助小梁切开术(MCAT)和传统探针式小梁切开术治疗儿童青光眼的疗效，样本量比以前的研究大。到目前为止，只有两起这样的审判，一起来自埃及，一起来自印度。这项拟议试验的新颖之处在于，这是第一项前瞻性的欧洲研究，包括数量相当多的患者，年龄范围从出生到12岁不等。寻找治疗儿童青光眼的最佳手术方法，对预防失明有重要贡献。

The proposed study is a prospective randomized controlled and multicentric trial comparing microcatheter-assisted trabeculotomy (MCAT) with conventional probe trabeculotomy in childhood glaucoma treatment comprising a higher sample size than previous studies. Up-to-date, there are only two such trials, one from Egypt and one from India. The novel aspect of the proposed trial is that this is the first prospective European study including a reasonably high number of patients with a broader age range from birth up to twelve years. It is an important contribution to prevention of blindness by finding the best surgical methods to treat childhood glaucoma.