Clinical Study
Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Implantation for Refractory Glaucoma in a Tertiary Hospital in Brazil
Table 3
Reasons for treatment failure after Ahmed Glaucoma Valve surgery.
| Reason for failure | (%) |
| 18 mmHg < IOP < 5 mmHg and reintervention for IOP control | 27 (69.2%) | 18 mmHg < IOP < 5 mmHg or | 2 (5.12%) | Reintervention for IOP control | 2 (5.12%) | Severe complications | 2 (5.12%) | Loss of light perception | 6 (15.3%) |
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IOP: intraocular pressure.
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