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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