ArticleBMC ophthalmology2019
Efficacy and safety of Ex-PRESS® mini shunt surgery versus trabeculectomy for neovascular glaucoma: a retrospective comparative study.
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- 23G Minimally Invasive Vitrectomy Combined with Glaucoma Drainage Valve Implantation and Phacoemulsification Cataract Extraction for Neovascular Glaucoma Secondary to Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy with Vitreous Hemorrhage.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Trial
- Surgical Outcomes of Baerveldt Glaucoma Implant Versus Ahmed Glaucoma Valve in Neovascular Glaucoma: A Retrospective Multicenter Study.Advances in therapy · 2025Article
- Trend of glaucoma internal filtration surgeries in a tertiary hospital in China.International journal of ophthalmology · 2023Article
- One-year costs of incisional glaucoma surgery and laser therapy.Annals of clinical epidemiology · 2023Article
- Comparison of Ex-PRESS P-200 mini-shunt implantation and standard trabeculectomy for open-angle glaucoma: four-year follow-up.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2023Article
- A Review of Neovascular Glaucoma: Etiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
- Long-Term Changes in Corneal Endothelial Cell Density after Ex-PRESS Implantation: A Contralateral Eye Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- An Ex-Press implant versus trabeculectomy in a fibrotic bleb with late failure after previous trabeculectomy.International journal of ophthalmology · 2021Article
- Ex-PRESS implantation for different types of glaucoma.International journal of ophthalmology · 2019Article
- A review of neovascular glaucoma. Etiopathogenesis and treatment.Romanian journal of ophthalmologyReview
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Abstract
backgroundThe objective of this study is to evaluate and compare the short-term efficacy and safety of Ex-PRESS® mini shunt surgery and trabeculectomy for neovascular glaucoma (NVG).
methodsPatients with NVG who underwent Ex-PRESS® mini shunt surgery or trabeculectomy as a primary glaucoma surgery between March 2013 and October 2015 were included in the study, and their medical charts were retrospectively reviewed. The Ex-PRESS® and trabeculectomy groups included 14 eyes and 30 eyes, respectively. Surgical failure was defined by an intraocular pressure (IOP) of ≥21 mmHg (condition A) or ≥ 18 mmHg (condition B); Kaplan-Meier survival analyses and the multivariable Cox proportional hazards model were used to assess efficacies.
resultsKaplan-Meier survival analyses indicated that the probabilities of success at 1 year for the Ex-PRESS® group were 25.7 and 31.8% based on complete and qualified success under condition A, respectively. The corresponding values for the trabeculectomy group were 47.8 and 69.3%, and there was a significant difference in qualified success with condition A (Fig. 1; P = 0.018), while there were no significant differences in the other criteria. Ex-PRESS® mini shunt surgery and higher intraocular pressure were independent prognostic factors using Cox proportional hazards model analyses in qualified success as in condition A (P = 0.012 and 0.0495, respectively). The occurrences of postsurgical hyphema and bleb leaks were significantly higher in the trabeculectomy group (P = 0.005 and 0.008, respectively).
conclusionDuring a 1 year follow-up, Ex-PRESS® mini shunt surgery was a less effective, but safer treatment for NVG compared with trabeculectomy.
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