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Publication Exclusive: Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery increasingly performed by anterior segment surgeons
Anterior segment surgeons are increasingly performing minimally invasive glaucoma surgery in their patients with mild to moderate disease, especially in conjunction with cataract surgery.“What these procedures have done is brought effective glaucoma surgery into the hands of mainstream cataract surgeons who prior to these procedures did not routinely perform glaucoma surgical procedures,” OSN Technology Board Member Jodi I. Luchs, MD, FACS, said. Moreover, minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) “can produce a significant difference in clinical outcomes, reducing intraocular pressure and relieving the need to use topical medications in many cases,” (Read more...)