Research Article

Outcome of a Low-Cost Glaucoma Implant versus the Baerveldt Glaucoma Implant for Paediatric Glaucoma in a Tertiary Hospital in Egypt

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study subjects.

Group A, N = 27Group B, N = 30

Age (months)28.1234.24
Sex
 Male1716
 Female1014
Glaucoma diagnosis
 Primary congenital glaucoma1922
 Aphakic glaucoma23
 Pseudophakic glaucoma22
 Traumatic glaucoma10
 Glaucoma in a vitrectomized eye12
 Sturge–Weber syndrome10
 Axenfield–Rieger syndrome11
Mean preoperative IOP (mmHg)34 ± 529 ± 2.2
Mean preoperative antiglaucoma medication3.2 + 0.63.1