Affordable Sinskey Hook Goniotomy and Cataract Surgery in Black and Afro-Latino Patients Diagnosed with Glaucoma: Retrospective Real-World One-Year Results
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
Procedure
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Variable | Category | Statistics, n Total = 121 |
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Age (years) | Mean ± SD | 65 ± 10.4 |
Gender, n (%) | Female | 85 (71%) |
Male | 36 (30%) | |
Eye, n (%) | Right | 66 (55%) |
Left | 55 (45%) | |
Baseline IOP (mmHg) | Mean ± SD | 16.40 ± 4.5 |
Ocular hypertensive medications | Mean ± SD | 1.67 ± 1.2 |
Number of ocular hypertensive medications used, (%) | 0 | 17 (14%) |
1 | 57 (47%) | |
2 | 8 (7%) | |
3 | 27 (22%) | |
≥4 | 12 (10%) | |
Visual acuity (logMar) | Mean ± SD | 0.37 ± 0.3 |
MD on VFT | Mean ± SD | −6.63 ± 7.0 |
VFI on VFT | Mean ± SD | 86.2% ± 20.2 |
N Total = 121 | |
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Black, n (%) | 103 (85%) |
White, n (%) | 7 (6%) |
Asian, n (%) | 11 (9%) |
Hispanic, total, n (%) | 15 (12%) |
Hispanic, Black, n (%) | 13 (11%) |
Hispanic, White, n (%) | 2 (2%) |
Non-Hispanic, White only, n (%) | 5 (4%) |
Timepoint | Intraocular Pressure (IOP) mmHG, Mean ± SD | Ocular Hypertensive Medications, Mean ± SD | BCVA logMAR, Mean ± SD | Visual Field Test, Mean Deviation ± SD |
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Baseline | 16.40 ± 4.5 | 1.67 ± 1.2 | 0.37 ± 0.3 | −6.63 ± 7.0 |
Post-operative day 1 | 14.31 * ± 6.2 | 0 * | - | |
1 month | 15.96 ± 4.8 | 0.18 * ± 0.7 | 0.13 ± 0.3 | |
3 months | 13.87 * ± 4.4 | 0.27 * ± 0.8 | 0.11 ± 0.2 | |
6 months | 14.27 * ± 3.2 | 0.30 * ± 0.8 | 0.11 ± 0.3 | |
1 year | 14.66 * ± 3.1 | 0.30 * ± 0.8 | 0.12 ± 0.3 | −5.48 ± 6.1 |
Mean Spherical Equivalent ± SD | |
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Pre-operative SE for all eyes | −0.19 ± 3.51 |
Post-operative SE for all eyes | −0.53 ± 0.90 |
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Calderon, I.; Laroche, D. Affordable Sinskey Hook Goniotomy and Cataract Surgery in Black and Afro-Latino Patients Diagnosed with Glaucoma: Retrospective Real-World One-Year Results. J. Clin. Med. 2025, 14, 3266. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14103266
Calderon I, Laroche D. Affordable Sinskey Hook Goniotomy and Cataract Surgery in Black and Afro-Latino Patients Diagnosed with Glaucoma: Retrospective Real-World One-Year Results. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2025; 14(10):3266. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14103266
Chicago/Turabian StyleCalderon, Idaima, and Daniel Laroche. 2025. "Affordable Sinskey Hook Goniotomy and Cataract Surgery in Black and Afro-Latino Patients Diagnosed with Glaucoma: Retrospective Real-World One-Year Results" Journal of Clinical Medicine 14, no. 10: 3266. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14103266
APA StyleCalderon, I., & Laroche, D. (2025). Affordable Sinskey Hook Goniotomy and Cataract Surgery in Black and Afro-Latino Patients Diagnosed with Glaucoma: Retrospective Real-World One-Year Results. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14(10), 3266. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14103266