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Glaucoma valve safe for pediatric implantation, study suggests

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FLORENCE, Italy — The Ahmed glaucoma valve can be efficaciously implanted in pediatric glaucoma patients, according to a poster presentation here at the European Glaucoma Society meeting.

Banu Satana, MD, and colleagues reviewed the records of 18 eyes of 18 consecutive pediatric patients implanted with the Ahmed glaucoma valve, from New World Medical. Patients had a mean age of 10.9 years. Mean follow-up was 35.8 months.

According to the study authors, mean IOP decreased from 38.3 mm Hg at baseline to 18.3 mm Hg at 3 months follow-up. Mean IOP was 17.8 mm Hg at 6 months, 19.6 mm Hg at 1 year, 16.8 mm Hg at 2 years and 18.2 mm Hg at 3 years follow-up.