Lasers in Glaucoma: an Overview

Overview

Journal Int Ophthalmol

Specialty Ophthalmology

Date 2020 Nov 19

PMID 33211223

Citations 4

Authors

Bhawesh Chandra Saha

Rashmi Kumari

Bibhuti Prasanna Sinha

Anita Ambasta

Sanjeev Kumar

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Abstract

Lasers have been in use as a treatment modality of glaucoma for more than last four decades. Each passing year has added newer dimensions to the existing laser technologies enhancing their safety and efficacy profile. This has become possible due to continuous research and innovations with proper understanding of the mechanism of action of different variety of lasers as treatment options. Each category of glaucoma has different underlying pathologies. Adequate knowledge and understanding of indications, limitations and hazards of these laser procedures are must before their application for improvising outcome. Recent years have witnessed a revolution this field. A thorough literature search was conducted in PubMed, Medline, the Cochrane Library Database, EMBASE, and Scopus and Google Scholar until May 2020 using the keywords, and all the articles pertaining to the relevant topics were included in this review. Purpose of this review is to summarize the important laser procedures currently in use for managing glaucoma along with updating the readers with recent advances in laser technologies, their extended applications and also analyzing possible future implications.

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