Background
Methods
Results
Number of eyes | 37 |
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Sex [n (%)] | |
Male | 20 (54.1) |
Female | 17 (45.9) |
Age (mean ± SD) (years) | 70.6 ± 14.4 |
Glaucoma type, n (%) | |
Exfoliation glaucoma | 16 (43.2) |
Primary open-angle glaucoma | 9 (24.3) |
Uveitic glaucoma | 8 (21.6) |
Neovascular glaucoma | 4 (10.8) |
Preoperative IOP (mean ± SD) (mmHg) | 31.8 ± 10.1 |
Exfoliation glaucoma | 31.9 ± 9.0 |
Primary open-angle glaucoma | 25.1 ± 7.0 |
Uveitic glaucoma | 37.5 ± 11.3 |
Neovascular glaucoma | 34.6 ± 12.2 |
Preoperative aqueous flare value (mean ± SD) (photon counts/ms) | 45.0 ± 56.1 |
Exfoliation glaucoma | 26.0 ± 16.1 |
Primary open-angle glaucoma | 38.7 ± 54.8 |
Uveitic glaucoma | 81.6 ± 95.6 |
Neovascular glaucoma | 61.8 ± 33.8 |
Preoperative LogMAR visual acuity | 1.49 ± 0.9 |
Preoperative HFA mean deviation (mean ± SD) (dB) *n = 4 | -27.03 ± 5.4 |
Smoking, n (%) | |
Present | 3(8.1) |
Past | 9(24.3) |
Never | 25(67.6) |
EXG (n = 16) | POAG (n = 9) | UG (n = 8) | NVG (n = 4) | Total (n = 37) | |
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Success rate (%) | 43.8 | 33.3 | 62.5 | 25.0 | 43.2 |
Complications | |||||
Prolonged inflammation | 3(18.8 %) | 0(0 %) | 2(25.0 %) | 0(0 %) | 5(13.5 %) |
Macular edema | 1(6.3 %) | 0(0 %) | 0(0 %) | 0(0 %) | 1(2.7 %) |
Hypotony | 4(25.0 %) | 0(0 %) | 1(12.5 %) | 0(0 %) | 5(13.5 %) |
Hypotony maculopathy | 0(0 %) | 0(0 %) | 1(12.5 %) | 0(0 %) | 1(2.7 %) |
Additional treatments | |||||
MP-CPC | 2(12.5 %) | 1(11.1 %) | 3(37.5 %) | 1(25.0 %) | 7(18.9 %) |
Baerveldt surgery | 0(0 %) | 1(11.1 %) | 0(0 %) | 0(0 %) | 1(2.7 %) |
SLT | 1(6.3 %) | 0(0 %) | 0(0 %) | 0(0 %) | 1(2.7 %) |
sub-Tenon injection of TA | 1(6.3 %) | 0(0 %) | 0(0 %) | 0(0 %) | 1(2.7 %) |
Cataract surgery | 0(0 %) | 1(11.1 %) | 0(0 %) | 0(0 %) | 1(2.7 %) |
%IOP reduction at 1 week versus flare elevation at 1 week | %IOP reduction at 12 weeks versus flare elevation at 4 weeks | |||||
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ρ | p | n | ρ | p | n | |
EXG | 0.20 | 0.503 | 14 | 0.30 | 0.405 | 10 |
POAG | 0.71 | 0.047 | 8 | -0.43 | 0.397 | 6 |
UG | 0.83 | 0.021 | 7 | 0.82 | 0.023 | 7 |
NVG | 1 | < 0.001 | 4 | 1 | < 0.001 | 3 |