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Outcome measures were proportion of eyes achieving\u2009\u2265\u200920% reduction of IOP, drop dependence through to 5 years and change in visual field mean deviation (MD) at year 5 compared to baseline. Early to moderate stage of glaucoma.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      No significant difference between groups for IOP reduction (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.3) or visual field MD (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.85) at all time points through to 5 years. Significantly lower drop dependence favouring KDB at all time points (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001 year 1;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.02 year 5). Lower rate of secondary procedures following KDB (7.7% vs. 14%\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.48). Adverse events following iStent and KDB: hyphaema (5.5% v 10%\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.70), corneal oedema (8% v 2%\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.30), rebound anterior uveitis (5.5% v 2%\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.57). Complications resolved within 2 weeks with no serious incidents (loss of VA by \u2265\u20092 Snellen lines\/ 0.3 logMAR).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Each procedure provided comparable long-term IOP reduction and visual field stability over five years. KDB goniotomy resulted in significantly less drop dependence throughout with fewer associated secondary procedures. Adverse events were infrequent and mild, with no serious complications observed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00417-026-07372-4","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,24]],"date-time":"2026-08-24T04:33:21Z","timestamp":1787546001000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["5-year outcomes of iStent micro-bypass vs. Kahook dual blade goniotomy in open angle glaucoma"],"prefix":"10.1007","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8943-8209","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ejaz","family":"Ansari","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,24]]},"reference":[{"issue":"11","key":"7372_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2081","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ophtha.2014.05.013","volume":"121","author":"YC Tham","year":"2014","unstructured":"Tham YC, Li X, Wong TY et al (2014) Global prevalence of glaucoma and projections of glaucoma burden through 2040: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 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