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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2020 Jul 6;220:45–52. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2020.07.002

TABLE 6.

Cumulative Postoperative Interventions, Complications, and Operations of Treatment Groups Over the Entire Study Period

Treatment
Injection (n = 50) Sponge (n = 50) P Value
Interventions, mean (95% CI)
 5-FU injections 3.3 (2.6-4.0) 3.2 (2.2-4.3) .474
 Laser suture lysis 2.0 (1.5-2.5) 1.6 (1.1-2.1) .249
Complications, n (%)
 Choroidal effusion 2 (4.0) 5 (10.0) .436
 Hypotony (IOP ≤5 mm Hg) 10 (20.0) 7 (14.0) .416
 Hypotony maculopathy 3 (6.0) 1 (2.0) .617
Secondary procedures, n (%)
 Glaucoma operations
 Trabeculectomy revision 8 (16.0) 5 (10.0) .554
 Glaucoma drainage device 2 (4.0) 1 (2.0) 1.000
 XEN Gel Stent 0 (0.0) 1 (2.0) 1.000
 Trabectome 0 (0.0) 1 (2.0) 1.000
 Cataract extraction 8 (16.0) 5 (10.0) .554
 YAG capsulotomy 0 (0.0) 1 (2.0) 1.000

CI = confidence interval; 5FU = 5-fluorouracil; IOP = intraocular pressure; YRAG = yttrium-aluminum-garnet.