WASHINGTON — Cyclodialysis performed with modern ab interno approaches should not be discounted as a treatment option for glaucoma, according to a speaker.
“The original surgery was abandoned when trabeculectomy and glaucoma drainage devices came in, in part because the results were not always predictable,” Robert L. Stamper, MD, ABO, told Healio at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive surgery meeting. “But with newer techniques — perhaps going from ab interno using structures or materials to keep the cyclodialysis cleft open — I think we may be able to get more reproducible