Table 3.

Comparison of other long-term nonpenetrating deep sclerectomy studies

Study	n	Mean age	Length (months)	Intraocular pressure			Meds		Complete success (%)	Qualified success (%)
				Preoperative	Postoperative	% Decrease	Preoperative	Postoperative
Present study	57	61.8	60	19.7 ± 0.5	12.4 ± 0.7	37	2.70 ± 0.1	0.52 ± 0.1	70	87
Lachkar et al.5	129	61.4 ± 11.6	60	24.4	15.6	31	2.01 ± 0.6	0.84 ± 0.8	66*	80.3*
Bissig et al.26	52	68 ± 12.6	120	26.8 ± 4.7	12.2 ± 4.7	54	2.3 ± 0.7	1.3 ± 1.1	44.6	77.6
Cillino et al.20	19	72 ± 7	48	29.6 ± 5.8	17.6 ± 3.4	40	2.5 ± 0.3	0.8 ± 0.2	52.6	78.9
Kozobolis et al.10	40	68.78	36	27.64 ± 4.53	15.96 ± 1.71	42	3.02 ± 0.6	0.64 ± 0.7	50	95
Shaarawy et al.19	13	–	48	24 ± 7	16 ± 3	33	2.2	1.1	38	69

Note (*) refers to different intraocular pressure parameters for complete and qualified success rate definitions: IOP >6, <21 mm Hg. All other studies used IOP >4, <21 mm Hg^{5,10,19,20,27}