Table 1.
Comparison of the Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Median Intraocular Pressure, Best Corrected Visual Acuity and Number of Medications Between Long Needle Track and Short Needle Track Groups
Pre-op | Day 1 | Day 3 | Day 7 | Month 1 | Month 3 | Month 6 | |
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AGV technique | Median Intraocular Pressure (mmHg) and interquartile range | ||||||
LNT | 30 (21.5–36.5) | 12 (10–15) | 10 (8–14.3) | 10.5 (8–12.3) | 16 (12–21.3) | 14.5 (12–21.3) | 15 (12–17.3) |
SNT | 28 (20–33) | 10 (9–13) | 10 (8–12) | 11 (8–12) | 16 (11–20) | 17 (14–19) | 16 (15–19) |
P-value | 0.695 | 0.070 | 0.331 | 0.926 | 0.714 | 0.695 | 0.417 |
AGV technique | Median Visual Acuity (LogMAR) and interquartile range | ||||||
LNT | 1.2 (0.4–2.7) | 1.3 (0.5–1.4) | 1.4 (0.4–1.4) | 1.2 (0.3–1.4) | 0.7 (0.3–1.4) | 0.6 (0.3–1.4) | 0.4 (0.3–1.3) |
SNT | 1.3 (0.6–2.7) | 1.4 (0.7–2.7) | 1.4 (0.7–2.7) | 1.3 (0.7–1.4) | 1.3 (0.5–2.7) | 1.3 (0.7–1.4) | 1.3 (0.5–1.4) |
P-value | 0.792 | 0.428 | 0.671 | 0.225 | 0.115 | 0.176 | 0.135 |
AGV technique | Median number of anti-glaucoma medications and interquartile range | ||||||
LNT | 2.5 (2–3.3) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 1 (0.8–2) | 1 (0.8–1.3) | 1 (1–2) |
SNT | 3 (1–4) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) |
P-value | 0.792 | 0.428 | 0.671 | 0.225 | 0.115 | 0.176 | 0.135 |