Unplanned Return to the Operating Room After Tube Shunt Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to determine the rate of unplanned returns to the operating room (OR) within 180 days and at any time postoperatively after valved and non-valved tube shunt surgery.

Design

Retrospective case-control study.

Methods

A review of 357 eyes that underwent tube shunt surgery (151 valved, 206 non-valved) was conducted at an academic glaucoma service between January 2014 and December 2016. A control eye was time matched for each eye that underwent reoperation.

Results

The reoperation rate within 180 days was 16 of 151 (10.6%) for valved and 25 of 206 (12.1%) for non-valved tube shunts and at any time postoperatively was 31 of 151 (20.5%) for valved, and 47 of 206 (22.8%) for non-valved tube shunts. Mean postoperative follow-up was

SUBMITTER: Cardakli N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8599608 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature