Long-Term Visual Field Outcomes After Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Implantation. 2023

Daniela Khaliliyeh, and Agustina De Gainza, and Esteban Morales, and Joseph Caprioli
From the Glaucoma Division (D.K., E.M., J.C.).

To measure visual field (VF) rates of change after Ahmed Glaucoma Valve (AGV) implantation and to investigate risk factors for progression. Retrospective, clinical cohort study. Patients who underwent AGV implantation with at least 4 eligible postoperative VFs and 2 years of follow-up were included. Baseline, intraoperative, and postoperative data were collected. VF progression was explored with 3 methods: mean deviation (MD) rate; glaucoma rate index (GRI); and pointwise linear regression (PLR). For a subset of eyes with sufficient preoperative and postoperative VFs, rates were compared between the 2 periods. A total of 173 eyes were included. The intraocular pressure (IOP) and number of glaucoma medications were significantly reduced from a median (interquartile range [IQR]) of 23.5 (12.1) mm Hg at baseline to 12.8 (4.0) mm Hg at final follow-up, and from (mean ± SD) 3.3 ± 1.2 to 2.2 ± 1.4, respectively. A total of 38 eyes (22%) showed VF progression, and 101 eyes (58%) were stable as assessed by all 3 methods, which accounted for 80% of all eyes. The rate of VF decline by MD and GRI was a median (IQR) of -0.30 (0.8) dB/y and -2.30 (10.6) (of -100), respectively. When comparing progression before and after surgery, the reduction was not statistically significant with any of the methods. The peak IOP (after 3 postoperative months) was associated with VF deterioration, with a 7% increase in risk per each additional millimeter of mercury (mm Hg). To our knowledge, this is the largest published series reporting long-term VF outcomes after glaucoma drainage device implantation. There is a continued, significant rate of VF decline after AGV surgery.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007429 Intraocular Pressure The pressure of the fluids in the eye. Ocular Tension,Intraocular Pressures,Ocular Tensions,Pressure, Intraocular,Pressures, Intraocular,Tension, Ocular,Tensions, Ocular
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D005901 Glaucoma An ocular disease, occurring in many forms, having as its primary characteristics an unstable or a sustained increase in the intraocular pressure which the eye cannot withstand without damage to its structure or impairment of its function. The consequences of the increased pressure may be manifested in a variety of symptoms, depending upon type and severity, such as excavation of the optic disk, hardness of the eyeball, corneal anesthesia, reduced visual acuity, seeing of colored halos around lights, disturbed dark adaptation, visual field defects, and headaches. (Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed) Glaucomas
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D014786 Vision Disorders Visual impairments limiting one or more of the basic functions of the eye: visual acuity, dark adaptation, color vision, or peripheral vision. These may result from EYE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; VISUAL PATHWAY diseases; OCCIPITAL LOBE diseases; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; and other conditions (From Newell, Ophthalmology: Principles and Concepts, 7th ed, p132). Hemeralopia,Macropsia,Micropsia,Day Blindness,Metamorphopsia,Vision Disability,Visual Disorders,Visual Impairment,Blindness, Day,Disabilities, Vision,Disability, Vision,Disorder, Visual,Disorders, Visual,Hemeralopias,Impairment, Visual,Impairments, Visual,Macropsias,Metamorphopsias,Micropsias,Vision Disabilities,Vision Disorder,Visual Disorder,Visual Impairments
D014794 Visual Fields The total area or space visible in a person's peripheral vision with the eye looking straightforward. Field, Visual,Fields, Visual,Visual Field
D015331 Cohort Studies Studies in which subsets of a defined population are identified. These groups may or may not be exposed to factors hypothesized to influence the probability of the occurrence of a particular disease or other outcome. Cohorts are defined populations which, as a whole, are followed in an attempt to determine distinguishing subgroup characteristics. Birth Cohort Studies,Birth Cohort Study,Closed Cohort Studies,Cohort Analysis,Concurrent Studies,Historical Cohort Studies,Incidence Studies,Analysis, Cohort,Cohort Studies, Closed,Cohort Studies, Historical,Studies, Closed Cohort,Studies, Concurrent,Studies, Historical Cohort,Analyses, Cohort,Closed Cohort Study,Cohort Analyses,Cohort Studies, Birth,Cohort Study,Cohort Study, Birth,Cohort Study, Closed,Cohort Study, Historical,Concurrent Study,Historical Cohort Study,Incidence Study,Studies, Birth Cohort,Studies, Cohort,Studies, Incidence,Study, Birth Cohort,Study, Closed Cohort,Study, Cohort,Study, Concurrent,Study, Historical Cohort,Study, Incidence
D016896 Treatment Outcome Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series. Rehabilitation Outcome,Treatment Effectiveness,Clinical Effectiveness,Clinical Efficacy,Patient-Relevant Outcome,Treatment Efficacy,Effectiveness, Clinical,Effectiveness, Treatment,Efficacy, Clinical,Efficacy, Treatment,Outcome, Patient-Relevant,Outcome, Rehabilitation,Outcome, Treatment,Outcomes, Patient-Relevant,Patient Relevant Outcome,Patient-Relevant Outcomes
D019919 Prosthesis Implantation Surgical insertion of a prosthesis. Implantation, Prosthesis,Implantations, Prosthesis,Prosthesis Implantations

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