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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 20.
Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006 Jul 19;(3):CD005555. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005555.pub2

Table 3.

Table of complications

Type of complication Lens extraction (22) Trabeculectomy (25)
Gunning 1998
Early IOP elevation 10 0
Persistent IOP elevation leading to trabeculectomy 1 0
Pre-pupillary fibrin and posterior synechiae 5 0
Wound dehiscence 1 0
CRVO 1 0
Choroidal detachment 0 9
Flat AC 0 2
Peripheral iris-cornea touch 0 10
Transient hypotony 0 2
Hyphema 0 1
Lens extraction group in Gunning 1998 included 22 eyes and trabeculectomy group included 25 eyes
Posterior capsule rupture was reported in 1 of 11 eyes treated with lens extraction in Kubota 2003

CRVO: Central Retinal Vein Occlusion

AC: Anterior chamber

IOP: Intraocular pressure