Fig 1.
Intraoperative finding of Baerveldt glaucoma implant surgery in this study.
a) Deployment of the surgical field with a 180° conjunctival incision. b) Trocar insertion in the Baerveldt implant fixation site. c) Peripheral vitreous shaving. d) Tube ligation with 8–0 Vicryl. e) A widening incision with a 20-gauge V lance. f) Fixation of the Baerveldt implant to the eyeball. g) Making a Sherwood slit. h) Patching the Hoffman elbow with a preserved sclera.
Table 1.
Patients’ demographics.
Fig 2.
Postoperative intraocular pressure course after Baerveldt implant surgery.
The mean intraocular pressures (IOP) ± standard error of the mean (± SEM) during the preoperative and 1-, 3-, 6-, 12-, 18-, 24-, 30-, and 36-month postoperative periods after Baerveldt implant surgery are shown. *P < 0.001, compared with the preoperative mean IOP based on the analysis of variance with Bonferroni correction. The number of eyes at each time point is shown in parentheses.
Fig 3.
Postoperative transition of the number of glaucoma medications.
The mean numbers of glaucoma medications ± standard error of the means (SEM) during the preoperative and 1-, 3-, 6-, 12-, 18-, 24-, 30-, and 36-month after Baerveldt implant surgery are shown. *P < 0.001, compared with the preoperative mean number of glaucoma medications based on the analysis of variance with Bonferroni correction. The number of eyes at each time point is shown in parentheses.
Table 2.
Distributions of visual acuity improvement, invariance, and deterioration at 1 and 3 years after surgery.
Table 3.
Intraoperative complications, postoperative complications, and reoperation.
Fig 4.
Kaplan-Meier survival analysis of surgical success.
Table 4.
Surgical success of 3-year follow-up in neovascular glaucoma.