Table 1: General characteristics of the patients studied.

Age (years)

Sex

Side

Type of anaesthesia

Lens status

History of filtering surgery

Pre-operative IOP (mmHg)

Pre-operative pain (NS)

 

M 13 (59.1%)

Right 10 (45.4%)

GA 11 (50%)

Pseudophakic 15 (68.2%)

Filtering surgery 15 (68.2%)

35.1

 

 

F 9 (40.9%)

Left 12 (54.6%)

PBA 11 (50%)

Phakic 7 (31.8%)

Naive 7 (31.8%)

36.6

 

 

71.9 ± 15

 

 

 

 

 

37.5 ± 8

3.1

IOP: Intraocular pressure; NS: Numeric pain scale (0–10); GA: General anaesthesia; PBA: Peribulbar anaesthesia.