Twelve-Month Outcomes of Stand-Alone Excisional Goniotomy in Mild to Severe Glaucoma.
Mohammed K ElMallahJohn P BerdahlBlake K WilliamsonSyril K DorairajMalik Y KahookMark J GallardoAhad MahootchiSanjay N SmithLeonard A RappaportDaniela Diaz-RoblesGabriel S Lazcano-GomezPublished in: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) (2020)
Standalone EG with KDB can reduce IOP, and in many cases reduce medication use, through up to 12 months in eyes with mild to severe glaucoma. Statistically significant and clinically relevant reductions in IOP were seen at every time point. While the goal of surgery was not to reduce medication burden, mean medication use was significantly reduced at all but the last time point. In the majority of eyes, the need for a bleb-based glaucoma procedure was delayed or prevented for at least 12 months.