ArticleSaudi journal of ophthalmology : official journal of the Saudi Ophthalmological Society
Comparison of surgical outcomes between sulcus and anterior chamber implanted glaucoma drainage devices.
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- Nd: YAG laser rescue of sulcus-placed glaucoma drainage device tube occlusion: a two-case series.BMC ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Risk factors for tube exposure following Baerveldt glaucoma implantation and overlying tissue thickness assessed by anterior segment optical coherence tomography.Japanese journal of ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Practice Patterns and Technology Readiness for Sulcus Tube Placement: A Survey of the American Glaucoma Society Membership.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Sulcus Tube Internal Needle Guidewire Technique for Glaucoma Drainage Device Placement: Improving Surgical Ease and Precision.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2024Article
- Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation with the tube placement in the ciliary sulcus: short-term results.International ophthalmology · 2022Article
- Outcomes of Anterior Chamber, Sulcus, and Pars Plana Glaucoma Drainage Device Placement in Glaucoma Patients.Journal of ophthalmology · 2022Article
- A Retrospective Comparison of Phaco-tube vs. Phaco-trabeculectomy in Glaucoma Patients.Ophthalmology. GlaucomaArticle
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Abstract
purposeThis retrospective case-control cross-sectional study compared the outcomes of sulcus placement of glaucoma drainage devices (GDD) versus traditional anterior chamber (AC) to test the hypothesis that sulcus placement results in fewer complications whilst maintaining similar efficacy.
methodsThis study included 45 patients in the sulcus group and 60 patients in the anterior chamber (AC) group who had undergone surgery from January 2014 to December 2017. Data were collected on pre-operative demographics, operative details and post-operative intraocular pressure and complications. The IOP, number of medications and complications between the two groups was compared. A
resultsThe sulcus group had significantly lower overall complications compared to the AC group with a comparable IOP decrease between groups. There were significantly lower rates of hyphaema in the sulcus (3 cases) compared to AC group (17 cases) (
conclusionSulcus implantation of GDD resulted in less postoperative hyphaema and severe complications compared to AC implantation. Our findings concur with the literature that sulcus implantation is safe and effective for controlling IOP for various types of glaucoma. The long-term effects of endothelial cell loss for sulcus versus AC implantation require further evaluation.
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