Younger patients, patients who do not receive anti-inflammatory medications postoperatively and those who undergo non-circumferential angle surgery are at a higher risk for failure after gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy.
“Risk of IOP spike is greater when no anti-inflammatory is used postoperatively compared to NSAIDs or steroids in children. Risk of failure is higher with non-circumferential angle surgery, use of postoperative steroids and younger age,” Ann V. Quan, MD, said at the virtual American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.
Quan presented results of the first
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