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. 2022 Apr 1;107(8):1104–1111. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2021-320631

Table 3.

(A) Intraoperative and postoperative complications; (B) postoperative interventions; (C) revisions, reoperations and other surgeries

(A) Complications Intraoperative Early postoperative (<3 months) Late postoperative (>3 months)
Conjunctival buttonhole 5 (4.8%)
Repeated passes to insert microshunt 5 (4.8%)
Hypotony (IOP ≤5 mmHg) 20 (19.2%) 1 (1.0%)
Numerical hypotony without sequelae 8 (7.7%) 0
Clinical hypotony with sequelae 12 (11.5%) 1 (1.0%)
Hypotonous maculopathy 1 (1.0%) 0
Choroidal detachment 11 (10.6%) 0
Iridocorneal touch 3 (2.9%) 0
Hyphaema/microhyphaema 6 (5.8%) 0
Bleb leak 6 (5.8%) 0
Corneal oedema 1 (1.0%) 0
Corneal abrasion 1 (1.0%) 0
Microshunt exposure 0 1 (1.0%)
Cystoid macular oedema 0 1 (1.0%)
(B) Interventions No of eyes (%)
5-Fluorouracil (5FU) injection 35 (33.7)
Dexamethasone/ betamethasone injection 24 (23.1)
Combined 5FU+steroid injection 12 (11.5)
Tissue plasminogen activator injection 1 (1.0)
Bevacizumab injection 1 (1.0)
Any subconjunctival injection 46 (44.2)
Repeated subconjunctival injections (>1 injection) 25 (24.0)
Viscoelastic injection in anterior chamber 6 (5.8)
Needling 13 (12.5)
Repeated needling (>1 needling) 7 (6.7)
(C) Reoperations Early postoperative
(<3 months)
Late postoperative
(>3 months)
Bleb revision for high IOP 1 (1.0%) 8 (7.7%)
Bleb revision for leak 2 (1.9%) 1 (1.0%)
Bleb revision for exposed tube 0 1 (1.0%)
Glaucoma drainage device 0 1 (1.0%)
iStent inject 0 1 (1.0%)
Phacoemulsification 0 2 (1.9%)

IOP, intraocular pressure.