Research Article

Vision Loss and Recovery after Baerveldt Aqueous Tube Shunt Implantation

Table 1

Baseline preoperative demographics of 222 patients undergoing Baerveldt glaucoma tube shunt implantation in 247 eyes.

DemographicValue ()

Age, mean (SD), years70.1 (14.7)
Follow-up period, mean (SD), months29.1 (22.8)
Sex, number (%)
 Male125 (50.6)
 Female122 (49.4)
Race/ethnicity, number (%)
 White100 (40.5)
 Asian38 (15.4)
 Hispanic45 (18.2)
 African American29 (11.7)
 Others35 (14.2)
Diagnosis, number (%)
 Primary open-angle glaucoma148 (59.9)
 Chronic angle-closure glaucoma40 (16.2)
 Secondary open-angle glaucoma17 (6.9)
 Low-tension glaucoma3 (1.2)
 Pseudoexfoliation glaucoma17 (6.9)
 Pigmentary glaucoma3 (1.2)
 Juvenile glaucoma18 (7.3)
 Plateau iris glaucoma1 (0.4)
Snellen visual acuity, median (range)20/60 (20/15 to counting fingers at 1 feet)
Lens status, number (%)
 Phakic58 (23)
 Pseudophakic189 (77)
Prior filtration surgery, number (%)
 Yes31 (13)
 No216 (87)
Preoperative intraocular pressure
 Mean (SD), mm Hg24.6 (8.1) (range 11 to 58)
 <21, number (%)91 (36.8)
 ≥21, number (%)156 (63.2)
Cup-to-disc ratio()
 Mean (SD)0.88 (0.13) (range 0.3 to 1.0)
 <0.9, number (%)62 (26.8)
 ≥0.9, number (%)169 (73.2)
Humphrey visual field mean deviation()
 Mean (SD), dB−15.2 (8.7) (range −32.7 to 10.5)
 <−12, number (%)102 (58.3)
 ≥−12, number (%)73 (41.7)
Preoperative split fixation on visual fields, number (%)()
 Yes95 (51.1)
 No91 (48.9)
Location of quadrants with split fixation, number (%)()
 Inferonasal42 (22.6)
 Inferotemporal39 (21.0)
 Superonasal66 (35.5)
 Superotemporal59 (31.7)
Quadrants with split fixation, number (%)()
 Mean (SD)1.1 (1.4)
 091 (48.9)
 136 (19.4)
 228 (15.1)
 310 (5.4)
 421 (11.3)