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OBJECTIVE: To describe reoperations that occurred within 90 days of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) at a single institution over a 30-month period. SETTING: Tertiary care hospital. DESIGN: Retrospective case series. METHODS: Charts of adult patients who underwent trabecular microbypass stents, gel microstents, and goniotomy procedures (including gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy) from October 1, 2017 to March 15, 2020 at Wills Eye Hospital were examined. Outcome measures were unanticipated reoperations within the first 90 days after MIGS procedures and the complications that led to these reoperations. RESULTS: 448 MIGS procedures were performed on 436 eyes of 348 patients over a 30-month period by 6 glaucoma surgeons. Of these, 206 (46.0 %) were trabecular microbypass stents (198 iStent/iStent inject, 8 Hydrus), 152 (33.9%) were gel microstents, 90 (20.1%) were goniotomy procedures. Combined phacoemulsification took place in 256 (58.7%) of eyes. Reoperation within 90 days took place in 23/436 eyes (5.3%), including 16/152 eyes in the gel microstent group (10.5%), 4/198 eyes in iStent/iStent inject group (2.0%), 3/90 eyes in the goniotomy group (3.3%). Indications for reoperation were elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) in 16/23 eyes (69.6%), gel microstent tip exposure with wound leakage in 3/23 eyes (13%), and early gel microstent encapsulation without elevated IOP in 1/23 eye (4.3%). 2/23 eyes (8.7%) required reoperation for lens complications while 1/23 eye (4.3%) had elevated IOP and aphakia requiring reoperation. CONCLUSIONS: The rate of reoperation within the first 90 days after MIGS was low. Elevated IOP and complications associated with gel microstents were the main indications for reoperation.
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