Table 4

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