SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATED WITH THE CORNEAL PATHOLOGY

Abstract

Purpose: description of the clinical case and surgical treatment of the patient with a complex combined pathology i.e. congenital glaucoma complicated by corneal leucoma.Material and methods. The conducted method of surgical treatment including two operations performed at a time, namely lamellar keratoplasty with Alloplant biomaterial and sponge drainage antiglaucomatous operation with the use of alloplant spongy biomaterial.Results and discussion. The performed surgical operations were carried out without complications. The patient was discharged with a normalized intraocular pressure on the seventh day following the surgical intervention. Subsequently he is planned to have anopticalreconstructive operation i.e. removal of complicated cataract.Conclusions. This clinical case demonstrated the possibility of the performance of two operations at a time with different ocular pathologies which allows to shorten the duration of treatment. This is particularly relevant to children, since they are operated on under anesthesia. The use of such a wellgrounded approach allows to preserve the psychological background of patients.