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. 2007;91(12):1631–1635. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2007.116533

Table 2 Distribution of diagnosis.

Diagnosis No. of eyes % of total Response Non‐response No. of sessions per eye Mean (SD) total energy (J) Mean (SD) energy first treatment (J)
Success Hypotony Failure
NVG 80 61.1 56 17 7 1.4 123.9 (62.6) 86.5 (20.1)
Post‐VR surgery 13 9.9 10 3 1.9 158.8 (79.7) 86.8 (20.1)
Traumatic glaucoma 6 4.6 3 3 3.2 273.4 (132.0) 75.7 (12.9)
Uveitic glaucoma 3 2.3 3 1.7 117.0 (23.8) 68.8 (20.7)
Postkeratoplasty 3 2.3 2 1 1.0 83.3 (47.3) 83.3 (47.3)
Other secondary glaucomas 6 4.6 2 3 1 1.6 131.2 (44.3) 86.8 (20.1)
Congenital glaucoma 2 1.5 2 1.0 110.0 (14.1) 110.0 (14.4)
CACG 2 1.5 2 2.0 250.0 (127.3) 120.0 (56.6)
POAG 5 3.8 5 1.4 135.0 (47.3) 84.1 (33.4)
XFG 11 8.4 6 5 1.3 103.7 (42.3) 83.9 (19.8)
Total 131 100 91 23 17 1.54 133.9 (74.0) 85.7 (22.5)

Abbreviations as in table 1. All eyes with traumatic glaucoma had 2 or more CPC sessions (range 2–6); re‐treatment rate 100%. Congenital glaucoma: both eyes of the same patient with glaucoma fere absolutum, aphakia and high myopia. Chronic angle closure glaucoma: 2 eyes of 2 patients; the one with 3 filtering surgeries and penetrating keratoplasty because of bulous keratopathy; the other with microphthalmus, status postfiltering surgeries, cataract extraction; and trisomy 21.