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Abstract #90685 Published in IGR 21-3
Predictors of Intraocular Pressure Lowering after Phacoemulsification and iStent Implantation
Al-Holou SN; Havens SJ; Treadwell GG; Ghate D; Toris CB; Gulati VOphthalmology. Glaucoma 2021; 4: 139-148
PURPOSE: To explore the demographic and clinical variables associated with intraocular pressure (IOP) lowering after cataract extraction (CE) alone or CE in combination with the iStent (Glaukos Corporation, San Clemente, CA) placement (CE+IS). DESIGN: Retrospective data extraction and survival analysis of consecutive patients identified over a 2-year period. PARTICIPANTS: Patients with mild to moderate glaucoma who underwent CE (48 eyes of 32 patients) or CE+IS (61 eyes of 37 patients) were analyzed. METHODS: Inability to reduce the number of medications or the IOP by at least 20% compared with baseline on 2 consecutive visits was considered surgical failure. Using Cox proportional hazards models, survival analysis was performed, and demographic and clinical variables were evaluated as risk factors. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Time to failure after surgical procedure. RESULTS: CE+IS had lower odds of failure than CE alone (hazard ratio [HR], 2.01; P = 0.047). In White patients, CE+IS showed greater odds of success compared with CE alone (HR, 2.86; P = 0.007). For non-White patients, no difference was found in the outcomes for the 2 procedures (HR, 0.59; P = 0.48). In the multivariate analysis, non-White race (HR, 8.75; P = 0.0002) and longer axial length (HR, 1.61; P = 0.03) were associated with greater hazard of failure after CE+IS. In the CE group, greater odds of failure were associated with steeper corneal curvature (HR, 1.74; P = 0.008), shallower anterior chamber (HR, 0.22; P = 0.008), and longer axial length (HR, 1.58; P = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Addition of the iStent to CE improved the duration of IOP lowering in White patients, but not in non-White patients. Associations between IOP lowering after CE and biometric parameters may allow for leveraging these clinical parameters for better case selection for these procedures.
Stanley M. Truhlsen Eye Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska; Wills Eye Hospital, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Full articleClassification:
12.14.3 Phacoemulsification (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.14 Combined cataract extraction and glaucoma surgery)
12.8.2 With tube implant or other drainage devices (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)
13.1 Prognostic factors (Part of: 13 Therapeutic prognosis and outcome)
13.2.1 IOP (Part of: 13 Therapeutic prognosis and outcome > 13.2 Outcome)
