RESUMO Foram estudados 71 pacientes com glaucoma do desenvolvimento, divididos em 2 grupos (I e II). 42% dos pacientes foram tratados com oclusão, enquanto que 58% não eram amblíopes. Comparou-se a acuidade visual dos dois grupos, podendo-se deduzir que os pacientes com glaucoma congênito (grupo I) apresentam um pior prognóstico visual que os pacientes com glaucoma infantil (grupo II).

SUMMARY 71 patients with developmental glaucoma were studied and divided in two group. Group I formed by patients with congenital glaucoma and group II having patients with infantile glaucoma. 42% were treated by patching and 50% were not treated at all, because they do not have amblyopic eyes. The final visual acuity was determined and it must be pointed out that the visual prognosis was worse in congenital glaucoma patients than in infantile glaucoma ones. The time between the diagnosis and intra-ocular pressure (IOP) normalization was bigger in group I, probably because they were more resistent to the surgical treatment due to more intense developmental alterations as it is shown in the literature.