Table 1 Characteristics of included studies
From: The Ahmed shunt versus the Baerveldt shunt for refractory glaucoma: a meta-analysis
Sex(male/female) | Quality score (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First Author (year) | Design | Location | No. eyesa | No. patientsa | Ahmed | Baerveldt | Age (year) | Follow-up(mo) | |
Syed et al. (2004) [18] | Retro | USA | 32/32 | 32/32 | 12/20 | 19/13 | 61/58 | 12/12 | 59.37 |
Wang et al. (2004) [17] | Retro | Singapore | 18/24 | 18/23 | 10/8 | 15/8 | 60/48.1 | 23.2/22.8 | 59.37 |
Tsai et al. (2006) [13] | Retro | USA | 48/70 | 48/70 | 18/30 | 36/34 | 69.2/62.3 | 48/48 | 65.62 |
Goulet et al. (2008) [12] | Retro | USA | 59/133 | 59/133 | 25/34 | 64/69 | 66.3/64.3 | 20/22.9 | 56.25 |
Budenz et al. (2011) [16] | RCT USA | 143/133 | 143/133 | 73/70 | 70/63 | 65.4/62.2 | 12/12 | 78.12 | |
Christakis (2013) [14] | RCT | Canada | 124/114 | 124/114 | 65/59 | 41/73 | 65/67 | 36/36 | 81.25 |