WASHINGTON — A technology introduced at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting has shown promise in addressing an unmet need in glaucoma surgery, according to a presenter.
During the Charles D. Kelman, MD, Innovator’s Lecture, Sean Ianchulev, MD, MPH, said that while cataract surgery has had a success rate of about 95% for the past 50 years, the success rate of medication-free outcomes for glaucoma surgery is far less.
“You’re lucky if you get to 40% or 50%,” he said. “Half of the time, you don’t have complete success.”
The cataract surgery success rate is due to the