Table 3.
Trabeculectomy | Viscocanalostomy | |
Early complications | ||
Transient Bleb Leak | 4 (16%) | 1 (4%) |
Transient hyphaemia | 11 (44%) | 7 (30%) |
Transient anterior chamber shallowing | 8 (32%) | 2 (9%) |
Injected blebs | 6 (24%) | 4 (17%) |
Encysted blebs | 7 (28%) | 1 (4%) |
Transient overlarge blebs | 1 (4%) | 1 (4%) |
IOP spike | 0 | 0 |
Peripheral anterior synechiae | 1 (4%) | 1 (4%) |
Intracorneal haemorrhage | 0 | 1 (4%) |
Late complications | ||
Cystic blebs | 1 (4%) | 0 |
Overlarge/overhanging blebs | 0 | 0 |
Hypotony (IOP<6 mm g) | 0 | 0 |
Late bleb leak | 0 | 0 |
Patients requiring cataract surgery | 3 (12%) | 3 (13%) |