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Table 2 Post-operative complications

From: Uveitic glaucoma in children: a systematic review on surgical outcomes

Complication

Intervention type

Angle surgery

Fistulizing procedures

GDI procedures

CPC procedures

Hyphema

 

56–80%a

7–14%

6–11%

 

Hypotony

  

8–72%

13–18%

 

Shallow anterior chamber

 

14–40%

6–11%

 

Choroidal detachment

4–24%

0–50%

4%

 

Papilledema

 

25%

  

Vitreous prolapse

  

13%

  

Infection

   

6%

 

Cataract progression

 

6–21%

31–48%

11–50%

11%

Bleb: Tenon cysts

  

6%

  

Tube

Tube block by iris or vitreous

  

6–11%

 

Cornea-tube touch

  

6–11%

 

Tube exposure

  

25%

 

Reoperation

 

29–48%

43–62%

38%

37%

  1. aMostly transient hyphema after angle surgery, only 6% had a total hyphema complicated by increased IOP requiring an anterior chamber washout or another surgical intervention (Ho et al.). GDI Glaucoma drainage implants, CPC Cyclodestructive/cyclophotocoagulation procedure