Givens K, Shields M B
Am J Ophthalmol. 1987 May 15;103(5):689-94. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)74331-4.
We reviewed a series of 305 consecutive glaucoma filtering procedures performed by one surgeon. Five eyes (1.6%) had a postoperative suprachoroidal hemorrhage. All five eyes were aphakic, and four had undergone a partial or complete vitrectomy before the glaucoma surgery. The incidence of this complication was 13% (five of 37) among the aphakic eyes and 33% (four of 12) in the aphakic, vitrectomized eyes in this series. Despite drainage of the hemorrhage and reformation of the anterior chamber, three patients had a poor visual outcome.
