Table 1: Intraoperative injection vs sponge-applied MMC during trabeculectomy: mean IOP and number of medications

Baseline (I = 30, S = 30)

D1 (I = 29, S = 29)

W1 (I = 29, S = 29)

M1 (I = 29, S = 27)

M3 (I = 30, S = 25)

M6 (I = 25, S = 24)

Y1 (I = 22, S = 25)

IOP

Injection 21.9 ± 7.73

14.5 ± 7.18

12.4 ± 6.14

11.1 ± 5.53

12 ± 6.02

11.1 ± 4.66

11.7 ± 5.43

Sponge 22.1 ± 8.14

13.9 ± 6.93

14.6 ± 8.6

13.7 ± 5.87

12.4 ± 3.62

13.3 ± 4.71

13.7 ± 6.22

# of meds

Injection 3.03 ± 1.25

0.23 ± 0.73

0.17 ± 0.40

0.17 ± 0.60

0.24 ± 0.79

0.28 ± 0.54

0.53 ± 0.77

Sponge 3.03 ± 1.27

0.10 ± 0.31

0.23 ± 0.63

0.17 ± 0.39

0.60 ± 1.15

0.74 ± 1.14

0.80 ± 1.29

Meds: Medications; I: Injection; S: Sponge; D1: Postoperative day 1, W1: Postoperative week 1, M1: Postoperative month 1, M3: Postoperative month 3, M6: Postoperative month 6, Y1: Postoperative year 1