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Reduced IOP with CyPass plus phaco maintained at 2 years
CORONADO, Calif. — IOP reduction was sustained at 2 years in patients with mild to moderate primary open-angle glaucoma who underwent CyPass micro-stent implantation at the same time as cataract surgery in the COMPASS trial, Quang H. Nguyen, MD, and colleagues reported in a poster presented at the American Glaucoma Society meeting.In the randomized intervention trial, 374 patients underwent the combination of phacoemulsification plus CyPass micro-stent (Alcon) implantation, with 61.2% of those patients maintaining mean IOP between 6 mm Hg and 18 mm Hg at 2 years. Of the 131 (Read more...)