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. 2019 May 1;33(10):1577–1583. doi: 10.1038/s41433-019-0452-9

Table 1.

Surgical options listed in the survey for each of three preoperative scenarios and the frequencies chosen

Surgical options Bleb-forming Requires hardware implant Violates conjunctiva Total frequency Percent
Trabeculotomy ab interno (GATTa or Trab360b) 176 20.3
Xen gel stentb x x 161 18.6
iStent (two devices)b x 124 14.3
Trabeculectomy (traditional, augmented with mitomycin C) x x 122 14.1
Canaloplasty, ab interno (ABiCa or Visco360b) 61 7.1
Trabectomeb 43 5.0
Baerveldt glaucoma implantb or other non-valved device x x x 42 4.9
Cypass microstentb x 38 4.4
Trabeculectomy (ExPRESSb, augmented with mitomycin C) x x x 30 3.5
Ahmed glaucoma valveb x x x 18 2.1
iStent (one device)b x 18 2.1
Canaloplasty, ab externo with suture stent x 12 1.4
Trabeculotomy, ab externo x 11 1.3
Deep sclerectomy (manual or laser-assisted) x 7 0.8
Canaloplasty, ab externo without suture stent x 2 0.2
Total 865 100

aGATT (gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy), ABiC (ab interno canaloplasty)

bAhmed glaucoma valve (New World Medical, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA), Baerveldt glaucoma implant (Johnson & Johnson Vision, Jacksonville, FL, USA), Visco360 and Trab360 (Sight Sciences, Inc. Menlo Park, CA, USA), Cypass microstent (Alcon, Inc., Fort Worth, TX, USA), iStent (Glaukos, San Clemente, CA, USA), ExPRESS shunt (Alcon, Inc., Fort Worth, TX, USA), Trabectome (NeoMedix Corporation, Tustin, CA, USA), Xen gel stent (Allergan, Dublin, Ireland)