Abstract Introduction Congenital primitive glaucoma (CPG) is a rare and sight threatening condition. In the surgical management of CPG, deep sclerectomy (DS) is a technique of choice but the ...long-term results are not well documented. Purpose To estimate long term future of pressure and vision of children who underwent DS for CPG. Material and Methods Children affected by CPG, aged from 1 day to 3 years at the time of the diagnosis were retrospectively included between 1999 and 2014. All benefited from a DS with use of antimetabolites. Preoperative and long-term post-operative intraocular pressures (IOP), per and postoperative complications as well as visual acuity and refractive status were estimated. Complete IOP control was defined by a postoperative IOP ≤16 mmHg without medical treatment. Results 141 eyes of 71 children were included (sex ratio: 1.02). Mean follow-up was 56.6 ±9.6 months. Final average IOP among the whole sample was 11.3 +/-7 mmHg. The rate of total success was 69.4 %, partial success 27.6 % and 3 % failure at the last check. No complications were seen in 85.1 % of cases (n=120 eyes). Among 37 children analyzed for visual acuity, maintained visual acuity was found in 50 % of cases (n= 37 eyes). Discussion and Conclusion DS allows obtaining good IOP control with a very low rate of complications, and should be considered as a technique of choice in the surgical management of CPG. This study is of particular relevance because it has been led on a long term period and on an important staff considering the rare prevalence of the condition.
