[Selection of treatment modality for developmental glaucoma].

53 cases of developmental glaucoma were analyzed with regard to results of treatment and factors involved. Poor compliance was found a major problem, and a number of patients did not respond well to medical treatment. Surgical intervention was indicated for patients with (1) unsatisfactory medical control of IOP, (2) inadequate recognition of the severity of their case, (3) inaccessibility to prompt treatment when needed, (4) occurrence of progressive visual field defects and optic disk damages, and (5) the other eye already in the terminal stage of glaucoma.