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ArticleEye (London, England)2024

Aqueous shunt exposure repair: outcomes and risk factors for recurrence.

Corrado Gizzi, Poornima Rai, Keith Barton

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Corrado GizziOspedale Morgagni-Pierantoni, Forlì, Italy. corradogizzi@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2168-3694
Poornima RaiMoorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK.
Keith BartonMoorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK.

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Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the outcomes of aqueous shunt exposure repair and to identify risk factors for recurrent exposure after surgical repair.

methodsThis is a retrospective interventional case series of consecutive patients who underwent repair of an exposed aqueous shunt. Demographic and clinical data were extracted from the patients' records and survival analysis was employed to determine the probability of survival of the repair without further exposure. Cox proportional regression analysis was utilised to identify potential risk factors for failure of the repair surgery.

resultsSeventy-six eyes of 76 patients were included in the study. The probability of survival without further exposure was 76.2% (CI 66.9-86.8%), 72.7% (CI 62.8-84.1%) and 54.7% (40.5-73.7%) at 1,2 and 4 years, respectively. No eye in which the tube was repositioned in the anterior chamber or in the sulcus (n = 9; 11.8%) developed a recurrence of the exposure. A shorter interval from the time of tube insertion to the repair surgery (HR 2.87 [CI 1.11-7.39]; p = 0.03; reference longer interval), a history of previous surgical revision (HR 3.06 [1.15-8.12]; p = 0.02; reference no prior revision) and the use of a human pericardial donor patch at the time of revision (HR 3.43 [1.16-10.13]; p = 0.03; reference other than pericardium) was associated with an increased risk of exposure recurrence.

conclusionAqueous shunt exposure revision is associated with reasonable mid and long term success. A shorter interval from tube insertion to exposure revision, previous revisions and the use of a human pericardium patch were associated with increased risk of failure.

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