Need for Additional Glaucoma Surgery and Complications Following Glaucoma Drainage Device Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Prcis

In this longitudinal study of patients with open-angle (OAG), pseudoexfoliative (PXE), or neovascular glaucoma (NVG) receiving glaucoma drainage devices (GDD), posttube cumulative rates of reoperation, corneal graft, and visually threatening complications (VT-complications) increased beyond 5 years and were not significantly affected by glaucoma type.

Purpose

To study the need for additional glaucoma surgery and development of complications after first GDD surgery in eyes with primary OAG, PXE, or NVG glaucoma.

Patients and methods

There were 306 eyes with OAG (n=185), PXE (n=60), or NVG (n=61) glaucoma who received a first GDD between 1996 and 2017. Outcomes including glaucoma reoperation, corneal graft procedure, and VT-complications after GDD were measured. K

SUBMITTER: Kung FF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8169530 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature