Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41663461›Full record

ArticleScientific reports2026

Surgical delays between indication and operating room access in patients undergoing glaucoma filtration surgery.

Luca Agnifili, Matteo Sacchi, Michele Figus, Michele Iester, Antonio Pinna, Chiara Posarelli, Paola Cassottana, Luca Virgilio Corboli, Matteo Fornaro, Alessandro Palma and 3 more

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Scientific reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. 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

13 authors.

Luca AgnifiliOphthalmology Clinic, Department of Medicine and Ageing Science, University 'G. d'Annunzio' of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini, Chieti (CH), 66100, Italy. l.agnifili@unich.it.
Matteo SacchiOphthalmology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Michele FigusOphthalmology Unit, Department of Surgery, Medicine, Molecular and Emergency, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Michele IesterDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DiNOGMI), Eye Clinic, University of Genova, Genova, Italy.
Antonio PinnaOphthalmology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Chiara PosarelliOphthalmology Unit, Department of Surgery, Medicine, Molecular and Emergency, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Paola CassottanaDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DiNOGMI), Eye Clinic, University of Genova, Genova, Italy.
Luca Virgilio CorboliOphthalmology Clinic, Department of Medicine and Ageing Science, University 'G. d'Annunzio' of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini, Chieti (CH), 66100, Italy.
Matteo FornaroOphthalmology Clinic, Department of Medicine and Ageing Science, University 'G. d'Annunzio' of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini, Chieti (CH), 66100, Italy.
Alessandro PalmaOphthalmology Unit, Department of Surgery, Medicine, Molecular and Emergency, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Annalisa MarottaDepartment of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, Laboratory of Biostatistics, University 'G. d'Annunzio' of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
Marta di NicolaDepartment of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, Laboratory of Biostatistics, University 'G. d'Annunzio' of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
Leonardo MastropasquaOphthalmology Clinic, Department of Medicine and Ageing Science, University 'G. d'Annunzio' of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini, Chieti (CH), 66100, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Surgical delays between indication for surgery and access to the operating room in glaucoma filtration surgery (GFS) are unknown. We reviewed medical charts of the first fifty patients’ undergoing GFS from February 2017, 2019, and 2022 with the aim to: (i) measure waiting times between indication for surgery to pre-surgical workup, pre-surgical workup to surgery, and indication to surgery; (ii) identify factors affecting the pre-surgical path duration, and (iii) evaluate whether waiting times changed in the 2017–2022 quinquennium.633 patients, in four tertiary-care Italian Centers, were enrolled. At the indication for surgery, the mean deviation (MD) was − 13.4 dB (IQR: -21.2; -6.9), with an advanced glaucoma in 54.6% of cases (MD: -20.3 dB), and a median IOP of 24 mmHg (IQR: 20.0–28.0). Overall, patients waited 44.0 days (IQR: 21.0–72.0) between indication for GFS and surgery, with the interval between indication and pre-surgical workup being the most time consuming step (32.0 days (IQR: 8.0-51.8)). Patients living in South Italy, with primary glaucoma, an IOP less than 20 mmHg, scheduled for a first phaco-combined trabeculectomy, non-monocular, and with systemic comorbidities, waited more. Since glaucoma may continue to progress while waiting, efficient organizational strategies should be adopted to optimize the pre-surgical path duration.

Indexed as

Filtering SurgeryGlaucomaOperating RoomsTime-to-TreatmentAgedFemaleHumansIntraocular PressureItalyMaleMiddle AgedTreatment DelayWaiting ListsGlaucoma filtration surgeryPre-surgical pathwayPre-surgical workupSurgical delaysWaiting times

Identifiers

PMID41663461
PMCPMC12953635

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.