High intensity focused ultrasound for glaucoma: 1-year results from a prospective pragmatic study.

Raquel Esteves Marques Nuno P Ferreira David Cordeiro SousaAndré Diogo BarataPaula SensCarlos Marques-NevesLuís Abegão Pinto

Published in: Eye (London, England) (2020)

This innovative non-invasive technology seems to be effective in decreasing IOP and/or the number of administered drops in patients with refractory glaucoma. It seems a valuable tool to delay or preclude the need for filtering procedures in the majority of the patients.

Keyphrases

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