For more than 50 years, trabeculectomy has been the gold standard in the management of severe glaucoma.
Even though glaucoma progression can generally not be reversed, trabeculectomy has demonstrated the ability to reduce IOP and slow progression. At a time when minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries have been in the limelight, trabeculectomy still stands alone, according to Louis R. Pasquale, MD.
“Whether it’s ocular hypertension, early glaucoma or advanced glaucoma, we don’t have any evidence that anything we can do so far stops the disease,” Pasquale said. “If we