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Table 3 Postoperative complications

From: The long-term outcome of trabeculotomy: comparison with filtering surgery in Japan

 

Trabeculotomy (n = 25)

Trabeculectomy (n = 20)

P-value

Early complications

 Hyphema

17 (68%)

6 (30%)

0.017

 Shallow anterior chamber

4 (16%)

5 (25%)

0.482

 Choroidal detachment

0

2 (10%)

0.192

 Hypotony maculopathy

0

2 (10%)

0.192

Late complications

 Cataract

1 (4%)

3 (15%)

0.309

 Endophthalmitis

0

1 (5%)

0.444

 Late onset Leaking bleb

0

1 (5%)

0.444

  1. P-value: Fisher exact test