DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2014.v02i06.079

Pages: 3255-3258

Congenital glaucoma is a sight threatening disease. Its treatment is very challenging and is mainly surgical. Three methods mainly: trabeculectomy, goniotomy and trabeculotomy are usually performed either alone or in combination. Anyway, the legal guardians of the children suffering from this disease must participate to the surgical decision making. Nevertheless as trabeculectomy is the easier method, many surgeons perform it systematically without the informed consent of the patients’ legal guardians. By so doing, they infringe the patient’s right to care. As trabeculotomy either alone or in combination with trabeculectomy is a safe and effective method, patients or their legal guardians must have the opportunity to choose it.