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Speaker: It may be time to consider SLT as first line treatment in management of glaucoma
WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Because it is as effective as primary glaucoma medications, and it is less expensive and safer than medications with no patient compliance issues, selective laser trabeculoplasty should be considered as a first line therapy for some glaucoma patients, according to a speaker here.“In the majority of patients in the trabecular meshwork for Schlemm’s canal, there is a problem with outflow. All of the current drugs that we are using really don’t address that particular problem,” L. Jay Katz, MD, said at Hawaiian Eye. “There has been a (Read more...)