Table 5.
Summary of GDIs implants surgery in patients with primary congenital glaucoma and secondary glaucoma including: aniridia, peter's anomaly, neovascular glaucoma, aphakic glaucoma following congenital cataract extraction, microphthalmia glaucoma after trauma, glaucoma following retinal detachment surgery, and juvenile glaucoma.
| Years | Author | Type of valve implanted | Eyes | Follow-up | End point | Success rate % |
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| 1997 | Eid | Molteno single or double plaits, Soker, Beraveldt | 18 | 47.3 ± 25.1 months | 6< IOP <21 mmHg | 44.4 |
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| 2007 | Autrata | Molteno or Bearveldt | 76 | 7.1 ± 6.5 yrs | 7< IOP <21 mmHg | 91 at 1 yr 82 at 2 yrs 76 at 3 yrs 71 at 4 yrs 67 at 5 yrs |
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| 2008 | O'malley | Ahmed, Bearveldt, Molteno | 79 | 5.5 yrs (mean) | IOP <21 mmHg | 92–90 at 1 yrs 42–55 after 10 yrs |
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| 2009 | Al Mobarak | Ahmed | 42 | 11.1 ± 5.5 months | IOP <22 mmHg | 73.8 at 1 yr 63.3 at 2 yrs |
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| 2009 | Khan | Ahmed | 31 | 11.8 ± 5.6 months | IOP <22 mmHg | 90.9 at 2 yrs 58.4 at 2 yrs |
Intraocular pressure (IOP), years (yrs), and millimeters of mercury (mmHg).