Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36143128›Full record

ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

MicroShunt versus Trabeculectomy for Surgical Management of Glaucoma: A Retrospective Analysis.

Michael X Fu, Eduardo M Normando, Sheila M H Luk, Mira Deshmukh, Faisal Ahmed, Laura Crawley, Sally Ameen, Niten Vig, Maria Francesca Cordeiro, Philip A Bloom

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. PreserFlo MicroShunt versus trabeculectomy: an updated meta-analysis and systematic review.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025
    Pooled it
  3. Pooled it
  4. Observational
  5. Article
  6. Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery: Is It Here to Stay?Clinical & experimental ophthalmology · 2025
    Review
  7. Management practices and surgical techniques for ab externo less invasive glaucoma surgery: a literature review and expert recommendations.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025
    Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Michael X FuDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3108-7917
Eduardo M NormandoDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Sheila M H LukThe Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Uxbridge UB8 3NN, UK.
Mira DeshmukhThe Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Uxbridge UB8 3NN, UK.
Faisal AhmedDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Laura CrawleyDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Sally AmeenDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Niten VigDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Maria Francesca CordeiroDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Philip A BloomDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case-control study aims to compare the efficacy, safety, and postoperative burden of MicroShunt versus trabeculectomy. The first consecutive cohort of MicroShunt procedures (n = 101) was matched to recent historical trabeculectomy procedures (n = 101) at two London hospital trusts. Primary endpoints included changes in intraocular pressure (IOP) and glaucoma medications. Secondary outcome measures included changes in retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness, rates of complications, further theatre interventions, and the number of postoperative visits. From the baseline to Month-18, the median [interquartile range] IOP decreased from 22 [17-29] mmHg (on 4 [3-4] medications) to 15 [10-17] mmHg (on 0 [0-2] medications) and from 20 [16-28] mmHg (on 4 [3-4] medications) to 11 [10-13] mmHg (on 0 [0-0] medications) in the MicroShunt and trabeculectomy groups, respectively. IOP from Month-3 was significantly higher in the MicroShunt group (

Indexed as

filtration surgeryglaucomaminimally penetrating glaucoma surgerysurgical glaucoma treatment

Identifiers

PMID36143128
PMCPMC9505905

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.