None listed
Conditions
Interventions
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Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Patients with OAG who underwent ab externo Xen45 gel stent implantation with open conjunctiva approach at the Department of Ophthalmology, Pusan National University Hospital (2) Patients were followed up for at least 12 months postoperatively. (3) If both eyes had Xen45 gel stent implantation, the first eye underwent surgery was included.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients who had secondary glaucoma, neovascular glaucoma (except pseudoexfoliation glaucoma, pigmentary glaucoma) (2) previous glaucoma surgery history (except uncomplicated cataract extraction) (3) neurological disease, or retinal disease that could affect the visual field or alter the optic nerve.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Kaplan–Meier’s survival analyses were used to evaluate the success rate according to the criterion. The prognostic factors of surgical failure were evaluated using Cox’s proportional hazard regression analysis with enter method. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| pre- and postoperative intraocular pressure/number of glaucoma medication/best corrected visual acuity, bleb morphology, postoperative complications | — |
Countries
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Pusan National University Hospital