Special considerations needed for patients with glaucoma undergoing cataract surgery

When planning surgery for patients with cataracts and glaucoma, Douglas J. Rhee, MD, has several “rules of thumb” to consider when deciding whether to add a minimally invasive glaucoma procedure to phacoemulsification.
“If the patient preoperatively has an uncontrolled intraocular pressure [or] if the patient has a controlled intraocular pressure but requires three or more medications to keep it under control, you might want to consider adding a MIGS procedure,” Rhee said at the virtual American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting.
Rhee also considers MIGS in

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