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ArticleHeliyon2024

Surgical outcomes including visual improvement after glaucoma surgery in patients with neovascular glaucoma.

Ji Hyoung Chey, Chang Kyu Lee

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Ji Hyoung CheyDepartment of Ophthalmology, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea.
Chang Kyu LeeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea.
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Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic factors affecting surgical outcomes, including visual acuity (VA) improvement, after glaucoma surgery in patients with neovascular glaucoma (NVG). Methods: The medical records of 116 patients (116 eyes) with NVG who had undergone trabeculectomy or Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation were reviewed retrospectively. The primary outcome measure was surgical success at 6 postoperative months, defined as sufficient intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction (IOP ≤21 mmHg, ≥20% reduction, regardless of topical medication use) without additional glaucoma surgery, hypotony, or progression to no light perception. Success was categorized as complete or qualified based on whether an improvement in VA was observed in addition to the abovementioned definition. Results: The complete and qualified success rates at 6 months were 44.6% and 92.2%, respectively. Age (p = 0.001), preoperative best-corrected VA (p = 0.031), duration of decreased VA (p = 0.001), closed-angle status (p = 0.013), and etiology (p = 0.007) differed significantly between the groups with and without complete success. Multivariate analysis revealed that age (odds ratio [OR] 1.05; p = 0.026), duration of decreased VA (OR 1.05; p = 0.016), and 360° closed-angle status (OR 3.27; p = 0.031) were risk factors for surgical failure according to the complete success criteria, but not the qualified success criteria. Conclusions: Patients with NVG showed improved visual prognosis and successful IOP reduction after glaucoma surgery at a relatively younger age if the duration of visual loss was not prolonged and the angle status was not completely closed.

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Glaucoma surgeryNeovascular glaucomaPrognostic factorsVisual improvement

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PMID38623239
PMCPMC11016595
OpenAlexW4393346689

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