Combination technique lowers IOP in angle-closure glaucoma

An innovative technique combining goniosynechialysis and goniotomy achieved clinically meaningful IOP-lowering effects in patients with angle-closure glaucoma, according to a study.
Goniosynechialysis has been reported with different devices but not in combination with goniotomy performed with a Kahook Dual Blade (New World Medical), lead study author Syril Dorairaj, MD, FACS, of the Mayo Clinic, told Ocular Surgery News.
“Angle closure glaucoma is a preventable disease that, if detected early and treated promptly, can be reversed and would stop the progression of blindness. The KDB

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