Aqueous shunts vs trabeculectomy: Proportion needing additional glaucoma surgery at 1‐year
It is very uncertain whether aqueous shunts changes proportion needing additional glaucoma surgery at 1‐year compared with trabeculectomy (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Aqueous shunts vs trabeculectomy Proportion needing additional glaucoma surgery at 1‐year · People with glaucoma It is very uncertain whether aqueous shunts changes proportion needing additional glaucoma surgery at 1‐year compared with trabeculectomy (very low certainty). Aqueous shunts for glaucoma (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.24 [0.04, 1.36] | 2 studies · 329 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aqueous shunts for glaucoma 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.