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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of All Patients

From: Efficacy and safety of Ex-PRESS® mini shunt surgery versus trabeculectomy for neovascular glaucoma: a retrospective comparative study

Characteristic

Ex-PRESS

Trabeculectomy

P value

Number of patients

14

30

 Male/Female

10/4

25/5

0.362

Age (years)

 Mean ± SD

62.8 ± 17.4

62.6 ± 15.3

0.960

 Range

29 to 88

29 to 93

 

Preoperative IOP (mmHg)

 Mean ± SD

37.4 ± 9.7

35.4 ± 8.9

0.487

 Range

21.0 to 57.3

18.7 to 51.3

 

Number of preoperative glaucoma drops

 Mean ± SD

4.0 ± 0.4

4.2 ± 0.5

0.301

 Range

3 to 5

3 to 5

 

Follow-up period (months)

 Mean ± SD

15.7 ± 5.9

15.6 ± 12.4

0.987

 Range

2.8 to 25.1

0.3 to 24.4

 

Causative disease of NVG

0.070

 Diabetic retinopathy

10 (71.4%)

24 (80.0%)

 

 CRVO

4 (28.6%)

2 (6.7%)

 Others

0

4 (13.3%)

Oclular findings

 Rubeosis iridis

10 (71.4%)

20 (66.7%)

0.752

History of previous ocular surgery

 IVB injection within 3 days before surgery

11 (78.6%)

18 (60.0%)

0.226

 Cataract surgery

8 (57.1%)

17 (56.7%)

0.976

 Vitrectomy

7 (50.0%)

13 (43.3%)

0.679

  1. Abbereviations: CRVO central retinal vein occlusion, IOP intraocular pressure, IVB intravitreal bevacizmab, SD standard deviation