Current and Future of Laser Therapy in the Management of Glaucoma

Overview

Journal Open Ophthalmol J

Publisher Bentham Open

Specialty Ophthalmology

Date 2016 Mar 26

PMID 27014388

Citations 8

Authors

Feyzahan Ekici

Michael Waisbourd

L Jay Katz

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Abstract

There has been tremendous progress in the past decades in the utilization of lasers for treating patients with glaucoma. This article reviews the use of lasers in different areas of glaucoma, including the shift from argon laser trabeculoplasty (ALT) to selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT), laser trabeculoplasty as an initial treatment for glaucoma, new laser trabeculoplasty procedures under investigation, and other recent laser treatment modalities such as endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation and laser-assisted deep sclerectomy.

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