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Table 2 The incidence of aqueous misdirection after glaucoma surgery

From: Incidence and characteristics of aqueous misdirection after glaucoma surgery in Chinese patients with primary angle-closure glaucoma

Risk factors

Glaucoma surgery

No. of eyes

Aqueous misdirection

No. of eyes

Incidence, % (95 CI%)

Age (years)

 ≤ 40

47

10

21.28 (9.13–33.42)

 41–50

241

8

3.32 (1.04–5.60)

 51–60

1137

6

0.53 (0.11–0.95)

 61–70

1968

7

0.36 (0.09–0.62)

 ≥ 71

1651

7

0.42 (0.11–0.74)

Sex

 Men

1577

9

0.57 (0.20–0.94)

 Women

3467

29

0.84 (0.53–1.14)

Initial diagnosis subtype

 AACG

2779

9

0.32 (0.11–0.54)

 CACG

2228

29

1.30 (0.83–1.77)

 Unclassified PACG

37

0

0

Type of glaucoma surgery

 Filtering surgerya

1059

24

2.27 (1.37–3.16)

 Combined phacoemulsification and filtering surgeries

826

3

0.36 (− 0.05–0.77)

 Non-filtering surgeryb

3110

11

0.37 (0.15–0.58)

 Cyclophotocoagulation

49

0

0

  1. AACG = acute primary angle-closure glaucoma; CACG = chronic primary angle-closure glaucoma; PACG = primary angle-closure glaucoma; CI = confidence intervals
  2. aFiltering surgery include trabeculectomy, penetrating canaloplasty or glaucoma drainage implant, without cataract extraction
  3. bNon-filtering surgery include phacoemulsification with/without goniosynechialysis with/without peripheral iridectomy