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Table 2 Complications divided into group A and B and subgroups

From: Ab externo canaloplasty results and efficacy: a retrospective cohort study with a 12-month follow-up

Post operative complications

Group A

n

%

Canaloplasty

262

 

Microhyphema (< 1.0 mm)

25

9.54

Macrohyphema (> 1.0 mm)

3

1.14

Descemet membrane detachment (DMD)

6

2.29

Hemorrhagic DMD

0

0

Cheese wiring

1

0.38

Anterior chamber inflammation

0

0

Subgroup (Advanced POAG – target IOP ≤ 16 mmHg)

172

 

Transient hypotony (< 5 mmHg)

3

1.74

Transient hypertony (> 20 mmHg)

11

6.39

Additional surgery (Trabeculectomy with MMC 0.02% and ologen)

9

5.23

Additional surgery (Cyclophotociagulation)

2

1.16

Subgroup (Moderate POAG – target IOP ≤ 18 mmHg)

51

 

Transient hypotony (< 5 mmHg)

0

0

Transient hypertony (> 20 mmHg)

2

3.91

Additional surgery (Trabeculectomy with MMC 0.02% and ologen)

1

1.96

Additional surgery (Cyclophotociagulation)

0

0

Subgroup (Early POAG – target IOP ≤ 21 mmHg)

39

 

Transient hypotony (< 5 mmHg)

0

0

Transient hypertony (> 25 mmHg)

6

15.38

Additional surgery (Trabeculectomy with MMC 0.02% and ologen)

0

0

Additional surgery (Cyclophotociagulation)

0

0

Group B

n

%

Canaloplasty with Phacoemulsification

322

 

Microhyphema (< 1.0 mm)

13

4.03

Macrohyphema (> 1.0 mm)

2

0.62

Descemet membrane detachment (DMD)

6

1.86

Hemorrhagic DMD

1

0.31

Cheese wiring

0

0

Anterior chamber inflammation

8

2.48

Subgroup (Advanced POAG – target IOP ≤ 16 mmHg)

212

 

Transient hypotony (< 5 mmHg)

3

1.41

Transient hypertony (> 20 mmHg)

22

10.37

Additional surgery (Trabeculectomy with MMC 0.02% and ologen)

8

3.77

Additional surgery (Cyclophotociagulation)

2

0.62

Subgroup (Moderate POAG – target IOP ≤ 18 mmHg)

75

 

Transient hypotony (< 5 mmHg)

1

1.33

Transient hypertony (> 20 mmHg)

8

10.66

Additional surgery (Trabeculectomy with MMC 0.02% and ologen)

1

1.33

Additional surgery (Cyclophotociagulation)

0

0

Subgroup (Early POAG – target IOP ≤ 21 mmHg)

35

 

Transient hypotony (< 5 mmHg)

1

2.85

Transient hypertony (> 25 mmHg)

3

8.57

Additional surgery (Trabeculectomy with MMC 0.02% and ologen)

0

0

Additional surgery (Cyclophotociagulation)

0

0

  1. POAG = primary open angle glaucoma; IOP = intraocular pressure