Long-Term Surgical Outcomes of Glaucoma Drainage Implants in Eyes with Preoperative Intraocular Pressure Less than 19  mmHg

CONCLUSION: In patients with baseline IOP ≤18 mmHg who had GDI surgery, though the change in IOP was not statistically significant, the number of medications dropped and visual field progression slowed in a subset of patients with adequate perimetric data. Due to a relatively high rate of complications and limited effectiveness in lowering IOP, GDI should be cautiously used in these eyes.PMID:38304290 | PMC:PMC10830923 | DOI:10.1155/2024/6624021

Source: Journal of Ophthalmology - February 2, 2024 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Shahin Hallaj Jae-Chiang Wong Lauren E Hock Natasha Nayak Kolomeyer Aakriti G Shukla Michael J Pro Marlene R Moster Jonathan S Myers Reza Razeghinejad Daniel Lee Source Type: research