Table 7.
The proportion of patients with postoperative complications.
| Group | Hyphema | Shallow/flat anterior chamber | Hypotony | Choroidal detachment | Progressive cataract | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of arms | Rate (%) | 95% CI (%) | No. of arms | Rate (%) | 95% CI (%) | No. of arms | Rate (%) | 95% CI (%) | No. of arms | Rate (%) | 95% CI (%) | No. of arms | Rate (%) | 95% CI (%) | |
| DS | 8 | 12.4 | 7.8 to 19.2 | 6 | 2.9 | 1.0 to 7.9 | 5 | 4.3 | 0.7 to 22.1 | 5 | 10.2 | 6.0 to 16.7 | 5 | 12.7 | 4.6 to 30.9 |
| DS-I | 8 | 5.5 | 2.9 to 10.0 | 4 | 3.8 | 1.1 to 12.3 | 6 | 3.5 | 1.4 to 8.5 | 7 | 7.3 | 4.0 to 13.1 | 7 | 14.9 | 8.3 to 25.5 |
| DS-MMC | 6 | 13.7 | 8.8 to 20.7 | 4 | 11.0 | 4.0 to 26.9 | 4 | 8.2 | 0.5 to 60.1 | 5 | 11.6 | 4.8 to 25.5 | 1 | 4.7 | 1.2 to 16.8 |
| VCO | 8 | 11.1 | 6.2 to 19.2 | 6 | 7.0 | 3.5 to 13.5 | 8 | 6.6 | 2.4 to 16.9 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.5 to 7.6 | 7 | 9.2 | 1.5 to 41.1 |
| VCO-I | 1 | 10.0 | 2.5 to 32.4 | 1 | 10.0 | 2.5 to 32.4 | 1 | 25.0 | 10.8 to 47.8 | 1 | 5.0 | 0.7 to 28.2 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.1 to 28.7 |
| TE | 10 | 16.8 | 9.1 to 29.0 | 7 | 20.7 | 13.0 to 31.3 | 9 | 17.1 | 9.5 to 28.9 | 4 | 16.7 | 10.3 to 25.9 | 6 | 15.3 | 8.5 to 25.9 |
| TE-MMC | 4 | 16.3 | 5.5 to 39.6 | 5 | 22.4 | 8.8 to 46.2 | 5 | 20.4 | 7.8 to 43.5 | 3 | 19.3 | 7.7 to 40.7 | 2 | 14.7 | 7.2 to 27.7 |
DS – deep sclerectomy; VCO – viscocanalostomy; TE – trabeculectomy; I – implant; MMC – mitomycin C; CI – confidence interval; NA – not applicable.