Surgeon shares customized approach to selecting best MIGS procedure

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Disease status, change over time, age, IOP and previous surgery are all considerations when choosing a MIGS approach to an individual case, according to Malik Y. Kahook, MD, who related the risk/benefit tradeoffs that he discusses with patients before making a choice of which device “to take off the shelf.”In a case of moderate disease with stable change in a young and healthy patient whose IOP goal is in the mid-teens and who has not had previous surgery, “This is where the iStent [Glaukos] is the workhorse (Read more...)

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