Table 2

Incidence and percentage for each complication recorded.

ViscocanalostomyVSRHAI
ComplicationPatients(%)Patients(%)χ2 test p Value
Statistical significance (χ2 test) for differences between groups. NA = not applicable, VSRHAI = deep sclerectomy with a reticulated hyluronic acid implant, *percentage calculated with respect to all procedures performed including those three patients which were excluded.
Perforation of descemet2/43*4.72/43*4.7
Non-identification of canal1/43*2.31/43*2.3
Choroidal deroofing2/43*4.72/43*4.7
Hyphaema3/20152/20100.63
Hypotony6/20305/20250.72
Choroidal detachment0/2001/2050.31
Shallow anterior chamber3/20152/20100.59
Resuturing of conjunctiva0/2001/2050.31
Exposure of Skgel implantNANA1/205
Cataract progression0/2000/200
Bleb formation11/205513/20650.52