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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 5.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2015 Dec 30;123(4):789–795. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.11.017

Table 4.

Reoperations for Complications

Baerveldt Group
(n = 55)
Trabeculectomy Group
(n = 70)
Pars plana vitrectomy 0 1
Bleb revision 1 4
Drainage of choroidal effusion 1 1
Vitreous tap with injection of intravitreal antibiotics 0 1
Removal of tube shunt 1 -

Total number of patients with reoperations for complications* 3 7
*

P = 0.35 for the difference in the total number of patients with reoperations for complications between treatment groups