Clinical Study
Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Implantation for Refractory Glaucoma in a Tertiary Hospital in Brazil
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of study patients.
| | Parameters | Total subjects () |
| | Follow-up (years) | | | Mean ± SD | 2.54 ± 1.52 | | Range | 0.33 to 6.00 | | Age (years) | | | Mean ± SD | 59.73 ± 17.65 | | Range | 14 to 86 | | Gender, (%) | | | Male | 58 (53.70%) | | Female | 50 (46.30%) | | Race, (%) | | | Caucasian | 84 (77.78%) | | African American | 21 (19.44%) | | Others | 2 (2.87%) | | Comorbidity, (%) | | | Hypertension | 27 (37.50%) | | Diabetes | 24 (33.33%) |
| | Parameters | Total eyes () |
| | Eye, (%) | | | Right | 60 (53.57%) | | Left | 52 (46.43%) | | Previous glaucoma surgery, (%) | | | Yes | 71 (63.39%) | | Type of implant, (%) | | | Ahmed S2 | 58 (51.79%) | | Ahmed FP7 | 54 (48.21%) | | Type of glaucoma, (%) | | | Primary open angle | 57 (50.89%) | | Neovascular | 23 (20.54%) | | Traumatic | 7 (6.09%) | | Congenital | 6 (5.36%) | | Uveitic | 5 (4.46%) | | Penetrating keratoplasty | 5 (4.46%) | | Primary angle closure | 2 (1.79%) | | Others | 7 (6.09%) |
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SD: standard deviation; S2: polypropylene; FP7: silicone.
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