Table 2 Reasons for treatment failure.

From: Long-term outcomes of Baerveldt glaucoma implant surgery in Japanese patients

 

Totala (n = 204)

Inadequate IOP reductionb,c

28 (13.7)

Reoperation for glaucoma

5 (2.4)

Hypotonyd

10 (4.9)

Removal of tube shunt

4 (2.0)

Loss of light perception

4 (2.0)

  1. IOP intraocular pressure.
  2. aData are presented as the number of eyes (percentage).
  3. bIOP > 21 mmHg or < 20% reduction in preoperative IOP on two consecutive follow-up visits after 3 months.
  4. cSome patients underwent reoperation for glaucoma subsequent to failure due to inadequate IOP reduction.
  5. dIOP ≤ 5 mmHg on two consecutive follow-up visits after 3 months.
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