BOSTON — Phacoemulsification plus minimally invasive glaucoma surgery improves quality of life and prevents visual field loss in patients with glaucoma, according to a speaker.
At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Steven R. Sarkisian Jr., MD, said it has been known for a long time, even before the phacoemulsification era, that cataract surgery lowers IOP.
“But now that we’re in the MIGS space, the MIGS era, there’s a growing consensus — it’s an overwhelming consensus — that phaco-MIGS is preferred to phaco alone in primary