Previously success rates of trabeculectomy surgery in Afro-Caribbean patients
Authors | N | Antimetabolite | Follow up | Success criteria | % Success | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freedman3 | 51 | No | 19 months | IOP <20 without med | 57 | |
David4 | 19 | No | 6–30 months | IOP <20 with or without med | 73.6 | 16 (63%) patients with add treatment |
Thommy26 | 139 | No | 6 months | IOP <20 without med | 95 | |
Wilson27 | 32 | No | 28 months | IOP <20 without med | 53 | |
Mermoud28 | 30 | No | 9 months | IOP <20 without med | 37 | other risk factors included |
30 | Mitomycin (0.2 mg/ml) | 9 months | IOP <20 without med | 83 | ||
Egbert19 | 31 | No | 282 days | IOP <20 without med | 32 | previous surgery included |
24 | 5-FU (50 mg/ml) | 282 days | IOP <20 without med | 71 | intraoperative 5-FU | |
Current study | 16 | No | 18 months | IOP <22 without med | 55 | |
18 | 5-FU (25 mg/ml) | 18 months | IOP <22 without med | 56 |
N= number of eyes.