Table 4.

Type of glaucoma and association with failure

Diagnosis Failure Success *p

Neovascular glaucoma 35 48 0.0007

43%, n=83

Uveitic glaucoma 7 25 0.1709

17%, n=32

Glaucoma secondary to 6 11 0.8442

vitreoretinal procedures
9%, n=17

Glaucoma secondary to trauma 2 11 0.0004

7%, n=13

Primary open angle glaucoma 0 9 NA

5%, n=9

Primary angle closure glaucoma 1 5 NA

3%, n=6

Glaucoma secondary to 0 5 NA
corticosteroids
3%, n=5

Pseudoexfoliative glaucoma 1 3 NA
2%, n=4

Primary congenital glaucoma 1 1 NA

1%, n=2

Juvenile glaucoma 0 3 NA
2%, n=3

Others 3 15 NA
10%, n=19
Abbreviations: NA: not applicable. Chi-squared test performed for statistical analysis. NA was
used when sample was considered too small or not comparable