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Table 4 Results 2 years postoperatively

From: Combined phacoemulsification and viscocanalostomy with Ologen implant versus combined phacoemulsification and viscocanalostomy

Parameters

Phaco-viscocanalostomy group (n = 39)

Phaco-viscocanalostomy with Ologen® implant group (n = 40)

p value

Visual acuity

 Range

0.5–1.0

0.5–1.0

 

 mean ± SD

0.75 ± 0.18

0.73 ± 0.19

0.63

IOPa; mmHg

 Range

15–22

13–21

 

 mean ± SD

16.85 ± 1.58

15.96 ± 1.79

0.02

Antiglaucoma drugs; n

 Range

0–4

0–4

 

 mean ± SD

0.64 ± 1.01

0.35 ± 0.86

0.06

Success results

 complete success, n (%)

23 (59.0)

32 (80.0)

0.04§

 qualified success, n (%)

12 (30.8)

5 (12.5)

0.048§

 failure, n (%)

4 (10.3)

3 (7.5)

0.67§

  1. IOP intraocular pressure, SD standard deviation
  2. ameasured without treatment
  3. Two-tailed student t test
  4. Man-Whitney U test
  5. §Chi square test