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. 2014 Oct 21;99(7):914–919. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2014-305577

Table 3.

Postoperative complications in AIT and phaco-AIT

AIT Phaco-AIT
SG≤2
(n=43)
SG≥3
(n=271)
p Value SG≤2
(n=48)
SG≥3
(n=309)
p Value
Total secondary surgery 11 (26%) 52 (19%) 0.44 2 (4%) 9 (3%) 0.99
Hypotony (IOP<5 mm Hg)
 Day 1 0 (0%) 5 (2%) 0.61 0 (0%) 5 (2%) 0.82
 Week 1–month 3 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
IOP elevation >10 mm Hg
 Day 1 0 (0%) 14 (5%) 0.23 4 (8%) 25 (8%) 1.00
 Week 1–month 3 0 (0%) 1 (0.4%) 1.00 2 (4%) 14 (5%) 1.00
Aqueous misdirection 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Infection 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Bleb formation 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Wound leaks 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Problematic pain 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Choroidal effusion 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Choroidal haemorrhage 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)

AIT, ab interno trabeculectomy; IOP, intraocular pressure; SG, Shaffer grade.