Kahook Dual Blade reduces IOP with and without phaco

SAN FRANCISCO — The Kahook Dual Blade procedure, with or without phacoemulsification, reduced IOP at 18 months, even more so in eyes with pseudoexfoliation, according to a poster presented here.
“[We found] that 30% of eyes had an IOP reduction greater than 18% to 20%, and 60% were able to get off one drop,” first author Faith A. Birnbaum, MD, of Duke Eye Center, told Healio.com/OSN at the American Glaucoma Society annual meeting.
Of 116 eyes of 100 patients, the Kahook Dual Blade procedure (New World Medical) was performed with (Read more...)

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