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. 2016 Oct 14;31(1):132–139. doi: 10.1038/eye.2016.212

Table 1. Demographic and preoperative parameters of children with childhood glaucoma having microcatheter-assisted trabeculotomy.

Parameter Total Cases without previous surgery history Cases with previous surgery history P
Patients 36 16 20  
Number of eyes 42 20 22 0.758a
Average age, months, mean±SD (range) 41.4±31.5 (3–108) 33.5±32.2 (3–96) 48.5±29.8 (4–108) 0.125b
         
Sex, number of patients
 Male 24 13 11 0.095c
 Female 12 3 9  
         
Diagnosis by eye, n
 Neonatal PCG (onset: birth–1 month) 9 3 6 0.553a
 Infantile PCG (onset: 1 month–2 years) 24 13 11  
 Late-onset PCG (onset: >2 years) 9 4 5  
         
Horizontal corneal diameter, mm, mean±SD 12.8±1.1 12.8±1.1 12.8±1.1 0.907b
Cup to disc ratio 0.78±0.12 0.79±0.06 0.77±0.15 0.680b
Cloudy cornea, n (%) 25 (59.5) 11 (55.0) 14 (63.6) 0.569a
Follow-up duration, months, median (range) 12 (6–12) 12 (6–12) 12 (6–12) 0.513d
         
Average previous surgeries, mean±SD 1.3±0.5
 1 n(%)     16 (72.7)  
 2 n(%)     6 (27.3)  
         
Preoperative IOP, mean±SD 33.1±7.4 31.5±7.2 34.6±7.3 0.171b
Preoperative number of medications, mean±SD (median, range) 2.7±0.9 (3, 1–4) 2.7±1.1 (3, 1–5) 2.7±0.8 (3, 1–4) 0.958d

Abbreviation: n, number of eyes.

a

χ2-test.

b

Independent-samples t-test.

c

Fisher's exact test.

d

Mann–Whitney U-test.