Both iStent implantation and Kahook Dual Blade goniotomy are effective in combination with cataract surgery to reduce IOP in patients with open-angle glaucoma, according to a study.
“Studies have demonstrated that cataract surgery alone leads to a significant decrease in IOP in the long term. Our research was aimed at finding whether or not the IOP decrease created by two MIGS procedures, namely iStent and KDB goniotomy, is significant after subtracting a control group of cataract surgery alone,” Christopher McNiel, medical student at Western University of Health Sciences, Lebanon,
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