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. 2021 Apr 9;15:1465–1475. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S301648

Table 4.

Summary of Previous Perioperative Uveitis Control (PUC) Regimens in Patients Who Had Glaucoma Surgeries

Study Preoperative Regimen Postoperative Regimen Results
Da Mata et al9 Oral prednisolone 1 mg/kg/day until the inflammation is inactive Tapering of prednisolone over 4 weeks IOP 11.6 ± 3.8 at 2 years
Papadaki et al27 Oral prednisolone 1 mg/kg/day for 3 days
Topical prednisolone 1% eight times daily for 2 days
Tapering of prednisolone over 4 weeks 39% success rates at 4 yearsa
Bao et al28 None Oral prednisolone 1 mg/kg/day tapered over 3 weeks IOP 13.1±3.7 at 5 years
Sungur et al29 None Oral fluocortolone 1 mg/kg for 3 days followed by a tapering.
Topical prednisolone 1% eye drops hourly.
Topical ketorolac tromethamine 0.5%, or nepafenac 0.1% eye drops four times daily
63% success at 4 yearsb

Notes: aSuccess was defined as IOP between 5 and 21 mm Hg and reduction by at least 25% from that before surgery without additional glaucoma surgery with or without glaucoma medications. bSuccess was defined as having IOP between 6 and 21 mm Hg with or without anti-glaucomatous medications and no need for further glaucoma surgery or tube extraction surgery.

Abbreviations: IOP, intraocular pressure; kg, kilogram, mg, milligram.