Table 1.

Clinical Characteristics.

	Inpatient management group	Outpatient management group	P-value
	Age (years)	62.8 ± 10.0		64.2 ± 8.3	0.61
	Sex (M/F)	9/11		13/12	0.77
Diagnosis (number)			0.55
POAG	10	13
NTG	7	11
PEG	2	1
Secondary glaucoma	1	0
Preoperative IOP (mmHg)	17.8 ± 3.5	18.0 ± 3.7	0.83
Eye drops (number)	3.5 ± 1.2	3.7 ± 0.9	0.58
Refraction (Diopters)	−5.7 ± 4.7	−3.3 ± 2.9	0.056
Number of ophthalmic examinations* (times)	16.0	5.6	<.001
Needling* (number)	9	3	0.019
Laser suture lysis* (mean number)	0.95	0.76	0.66

M, male; F, female; POAG, primary open-angle glaucoma; NTG, normal-tension glaucoma; PEG, pseudoexfoliation glaucoma; IOP, intraocular pressure

*during follow-up